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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1991 contents: Australia, Azores, China, Congo DR, Cuba, Denmark, Europe, India, Japan, Korea North and non, Korea South, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Madeira, Mali, Malta, México, North America, Oklahoma and non, Romania, Spain, Sudan South non, Taiwan and non, Tibet, UK, USA, Vatican non, Vietnam non; and the propagation outlook. Completed by 0006 UT Friday July 19 ready for first airings. The shortwave broadcasts should be: 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [confirmed] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 [confirmed] 0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [July 20, Aug 3 alt.] 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany [not confirmed] 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [confirmed] 0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 [confirmed] 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315][confirmed 0343-] 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany [confirmed] 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 [confirmed] 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 7780 [confirmed] 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 [confirmed] 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 [confirmed] 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [confirmed] 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania [confirmed] 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 [confirmed] 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [2 editions] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1991.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1991.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. 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WOR IO GROUP: Effective Feb 4, 2018, DXLD yg archive and members have been migrated to this group: https://groups.io/g/WOR [there was already an unrelated group at io named dxld!, so new name] From now on, the io group is primary, where all posts should go. One may apply for membership, subscribe via the above site. DXLD yahoogroup: remains in existence, and members are free to COPY same info to it, as backup, but no posts should go to it only. They may want to change delivery settings to no e-mail, and/or no digest. The change was necessary due to increasing outages, long delays in posts appearing, and search failures at the yg. Why wait for DXLD issues? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our io group without delay. ** ALASKA. Grayland 2009 Alaskans audio track with commentary.mp3 Uploaded By: chutton12000 Description: Alaskans from Grayland 2009 You can access this file at the URL: https://groups.io/g/IRCA/files/DX%20MP3%27s%20West%20Coast/Grayland%202009%20Alaskans%20audio%20track%20with%20commentary.mp3 Cheers, (The Groups.io Team, via DXLD) See also Asians, DX-PEDITIONS ** ALGERIA [non]. 6050, Jul 4, 0358, Radio Qur`an signing on, rather abrupt, as many others on 49mb, in the middle of every-thing. Suddenly a stirring march, which turns out to be the national anthem of Algeria (check Youtube), giving me at the same time the answer to which station it is that runs it at midnight on several fqs on MW. And why does it make me think about the French anthem? (Hermod Pedersen, Hörby, Sweden, SW Bulletin July 14 via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1817-1910, 11-07, Spanish, comments, songs. Very weak, best on USB. 15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA [non]. USA, Some changes of RAE Argentina via WRMI Okeechobee effective from July 13: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/some-changes-of-rae-argentina-via-wrmi.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 13-16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) viz: 2100-2200 9395 100 kW / 355 deg ENAm Italian Mon-Fri WRMI-6 new time 2200-2300 7780 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu German Mon-Fri WRMI-1 new time 2100-2200 7780 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu Ger.Mo-We/Fr/Sa WRMI-1 DELETED! 2200-2300 7780 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu Italian Mon-Fri WRMI-1 DELETED! Публикувано от Observer в 1:55 PM (via DXLD) On July 14/15 checked the various RAE ARG outlets via WRMI, RAE website table is something wrong in time and fq, but WRMI Jeff White's table entries of July 13 are correct, see below. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nEVwCMB9RSKowLzLXamyayVpCzjmPAw_SB1r3YOdzQc/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0 wolfie df5sx wwdxc germany (Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why don`t people employ much simpler WRMI URL I created years ago? http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs The RAE schedule is here: http://www.radionacional.com.ar/rae-ingles/ SHORT WAVE ANNOUNCEMENT WRMI relay broadcasting times as from July 01 Language Time UT Date UT kHz Target(s) English 0100-0200 Tue-Sat 9395 North America Japanese 0800-0900 Mon-Fri 9455 North America (Ovest), Asia Chinese 0900-1000 Mon-Fri 9455 North America (Ovest), Asia Portuguese 1200-1300 Mon-Fri 9955 Latin America German 2200-2300 Mon-Fri 7780 North America, Europe Italian 2200-2300 Mon-Fri 9395 North America, Europe Spanish 2200-2300 Mon-Fri 5010 Latin America French 2330-0000 Mon-Fri 7780 North America, Europe For starters, RAE cut its English broadcast to 30 minutes last year, allowing WRMI to insert R. Tirana at 0130 on same. A certain lack of communication between RAE and WRMI, as RAE has never caught on that 9955 broadcasts shift an hour twice a year due to irrelevant clock changes in Miami, and for some reason has also applied to 9395, Same page has a separate live streaming schedule, languages only partially matching WRMI SW (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RAE via WRMI 5950 kHz July 16 Tue-Sat only, correct heard 0800 5950 Tue-Sat Japanese 0900 5950 Tue-Sat Chinese Confirm RAE / WRMI Italian 9395 kHz tonight at 2100 UT, Port 1100 UT on 9955 kHz (Wolfgang Bueschel, July 16, DXLD) re 285degr 5950 kHz. But between Detroit Michigan and Alberta Canada target USELESS, due powerhouse R NZI 5945 kHz latter S=9+30dB signal adjacent channel. 73 (wb, ibid.) I`m never --- hardly ever --- listening at 08-10, but would not consider NZ 5945 a powerhouse when I hear it earlier or later. But neither is 5950, always weak here despite only 30 degrees off beam; compared to much better 7730 on same (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. What`s The Frequency, Kenneth? Last week I got off to a great start, omitting the frequency on the first item about 4KZ. 5055, of course, as many of you know. Now there`s another one (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio 4KZ Additional Frequency --- Passing along the news that Australia's Radio 4KZ plans to add a new frequency -- 2484 kHz from 6 pm to 6 am their time (UT +10). See below from Al Kirton. Not sure of the timing (--Art Delibert, July 14, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) Viz.: Yep, you definitely heard them. I put the recording through a processor and got a few words out. I`ve copied in Al Kirton who owns Radio 4KZ and is a member of the Australian Radio DX Club. Al is going to change frequency shortly. Will send you a magazine separately email, Arthur. Regards (John Wright, NSW, 4KZ QSL manager, reply via Delibert, ibid.) Hi John, We are not changing frequency. 5055 will run as per usual [24h]. 2484 will be an additional transmitter running roughly 6 pm to 6 am (Al Kirton, Qsld., 4KZ, ibid.) WOW, what power, mate??? for Arthur it` s 0800 to 2000 UT. Freezing here, 2 degrees. A mate in Cairns says it`s 22 degrees (John Wright, NSW, July 14, to Al Kirton, and via Delibert, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA. RN AUSTRALIA'S PHILLIP ADAMS' 80TH BIRTHDAY One of my favorite broadcasters turns 80 this week, and is interviewed on his own "Late Night Live" show by his colleague Richard Fiedler. What a life he has led! I had the pleasure of being a "musical guest" on LNL when I was touring in Australia in 1999, back in the days when I would listen via shortwave Radio Australia. (Saul Broudy, Philadelphia, PA USA, July 12, internetradio at HCDX via DXLD) ** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1027-1103, July 12. Not their usual programs, so seemed to indeed be the National Press Club's guest speaker from a Port Moresby hotel; too weak to make out the language, but just a long winded monologue; after 1103+, even poorer reception (VOI started?). NBC Madang (3260) during the same time period was just the normal music program, so definitely not // (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Has anyone heard 10 MHz PPE Observatorio Nacional, Brasil lately? (MARE Tipsheet 12 July via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4774.9, Radio Congonhas, Congonhas, 0405-0420, 13-07, Brazilian songs. Very weak. 15311. (Méndez) 4875, Radiodifusora Roraima, Boavista, 0350-0359*, 13-07, Brazilian songs, Portuguese, comments. 25322. Also 2142-2155, 13-07, Brazilian songs. 25322. Also 2312-2319, 14-07, Portuguese, comments. 25322. (Méndez) 4885, Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, 2110-2115, 13-07, Portuguese, soccer, live matches. 24322. (Méndez) 4905, Radio Relogio Federal, Rio de Janeiro, 2140-2155, 13-07, Portuguese, comments, Brazilian songs. Very weak. 15311. (Méndez) 6010, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 0415-0424, 13-07, Brazilian songs. Very weak. 15311. (Méndez) 11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goheren, 0942-1015, 13-07, Brazilian songs, Portuguese, comments. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 5035 kHz, ZYG853 NON - NIL - Radio Aparecida, Aparecida-SP Not on air in 60 mb: 6135.110, ZYE954, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida-SP, S=5 in remote SDR unit at Cape Canaveral FL-US state, at 0655 UT, S=8 proper signal heard in remote SDR at Edmonton, Alberta-CAN, at 0708 UT July 12. 6132.6 to 6139.3 kHz UTE distortion up to S=7 strength pulsing, like CODAR ditter strings seen / heard, and Radio Aparecida, Aparecida-SP checked \\ via internet online sound at 9630.435 kHz poor S=4 at 0701 UT; and 11855.751 kHz S=4-5 tiny poor, suffered by co-channel CRI European relay at Cerrik Albania in Chinese to western EUR, 150 kW, (... and further propagate towards Greenland, CAN/USA at 310degr azimuth). [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 12, BC=DX 13 July via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11855.749, July 12 at 0533, JBA talk, S1-S2, obviously the always off-frequency R. Aparecida. Next check at 1206 I remeasure it at 11855.754 (11780 RNA is also audible now) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9664.16, Voz Missionaria has been missing from the 31 meter band lately, but it's on now, with a good signal into Maryland. Music from 2205 to 2216, then a clear ID by a woman announcer (Art Delibert, Maryland, 7/13/19, Ten-Tec RX340, SAL-12 antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CHINA. 15970Usb, China Radio International in Chinese at 2250 presumably jamming Sound of Hope, Taiwan which was unheard. Off at 2300. SINPO - 35533. June 27. (Figliozzi, NY) [Really, transmitted with no LSB, and/or even no carrier?? ---- gh] 17440, Chinese jammer from unknown location at 1318 past listed close of 1300 SINPO – 25322 on June 28. (Figliozzi, NY) 17705, Chinese jammers presumably CNR1 from unknown locations blocking INDIA, AIR Bengaluru with talk by OM & YL in Chinese at 1205, then female choral singing. SINPO - 35333. Off precisely at 1315. // 17690, SINPO 25333, off at 1300 blocking RFA via Dushanbe) June 28 (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY (ICOM IC7300 / Alpha Delta DX Sloper), NASWA Flashsheet July 14 via DXLD) ** CHINA. Re: [WOR] 6105 CNR-1 echoes have been replaced by strong FireDrake jammer now --- Whoops - the time is actually between 1100 and 1155 UT or so for the 6105 FireDrake music jammer - after 1200 there is a strong Russian language station on 6100 and no 6105 signals noted after 1200z. Sorry for mistake(s) in the time. I just checked my recording and time-stamp (1135 UT on 06 July). 73 – (SPMcGreevy -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. EAST JAMMERSTAN: 11785, Crash & bang jammer music by the Symphonia de Pots & Pans. 1239, 7/8; VoA in Chinese via Philippines listed but not heard (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 6015, The Firedragon jammer at 1125. Regular programming in Chinese here, and I was waiting for an ID at BoH (to see if this was unjammed RTI or CNR), when Firedrake music unexpectedly cranked up at 1125 - Very Good July 11 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000) & 750; RS SW-2000629 wiith various outdoor wires, Zenith Royal T.O. 7000. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. 9255, July 12 at 1328, VP talk in Chinese? Aoki/NDXC shows this as a *jammed Sound of Hope frequency. No others noticed in this area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9680, CNR 1 at 1230. Good BoH ID, M in Chinese before the hour, pop vocals. Broadcasting used for broadcast jamming - obviously here to cover RTI Taiwan China service - Very Good July 13 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000) & 750; RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. 15340Even, CNR1 jammer against SOH Taiwan in progress, at 0052 UT on July 14, S=8-9 signal strength in Canada, via Anadyr Alaska path. Some check log entries of July 14 at 00-01 UT slot, taken in remote SDR's at Cape Canaveral FL east coast, and at Edmonton Alberta in Canada [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. (Firedrake), 11070, (1223 UT), traditional music followed by om in Mandarin, Sound of Hope (Taiwan) is sked on 11070.1 but I cant hear a het nor any audio. Odd frequency that I stumbled across scrolling through the bands (Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa, OK, Rec: Elad FDM DUO, Ant: 40m loop @ 15ft, July 14, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. 11540, July 14 at 1318, CNR1 jammer, as almost always. Vs RFA Tibetan via Kuwait 12190, July 14 at 1319, CNR1 jammer at S5-S9. Vs Sound of Hope 12820, July 14 at 1320, CNR1 jammer at S5-S9. Vs Sound of Hope 13640, July 14 at 1321, CNR1 jammer at S4-S8. Vs Sound of Hope 14640, July 14 at 1342, JBA music, probably CNR1 jammer vs SOH 14900, July 14 at 1343, JBA music, Chinese talk, CNR1 jammer vs SOH relaying RFA; all per Aoki/NDXC. 11785, July 14 at 1323, CNR1 jammer, but mixed with Firedragon, as I was using this one to check // with the others. Vs VOA Chinese via Philippines (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. CNR-1 Jamming vs Sound of Hope Xi Wang Zhi Sheng in 25mb on July 16 till 1500 11600 unknown kW / unknown EaAs Chinese, good signal, co-ch same time 11600 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg WeEu English Brother HySTAIRical https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/cnr-1-jamming-vs-soh-xi-wang-zhi-sheng.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 6105, FireDrake music-jammer morph into CRI Russian 6100 at 1200z: [Edited Message Follows] [Reason: freq. correction and addn'l info.] I awoke remarkably early at first light and decided to give 3325 VOI/PNG a listen as well as other frequencies thanks to reports from (particularly) Ron Howard and Rick in Arizona. The 6105 Chinese FireDrake music-jammer was in full blare at 1150 so I decided to record it and the change to the Russian language signal on 6100 (also strong). For the first time I caught the switchover "live" and almost instantaneously the 6100 FireDrake abruptly stops the music and it switches to CRI in Russian and down to 6100 within 1 second - at the same strength! Before the switchover at about 1200, presumed 6105 Taiwan is audible underneath during breaks in the FireDrake's music - maybe 10 tunes maximum is the Firedrake playlist(?) - in the future it will be AI-created clash and bang music specially designed to drive one nuts. Actually this morning however, the FD was playing nice mellower stuff! Three-second pauses in between the sweet tracks let-in the jammed 6105 Tawain's transmitter's audio for a tad (in Mandarin?) easily 20dB underneath in strength compared to the FD. At 1259 UT, 6100 CRI Russian ends and leaves the air. A weaker unID Asian language station up on 6105 just above then begins to be covered by a cluster of CNR-1 stations echoing, but none are as strong as the 6105 FireDrake into 6100 CRI Russian program transmitter that is HUGE in-strength here in the northern Mojave Desert. OTHERS: 3325, OC presumed VOI (only fair on peaks) and nothing (audio) from Bougainville, PNG at 1135z. 3320, KRE KPBS stronger by far than the 3325 OC at 1135. 2850, KCBS stronger than 3320 with operatic singing and not // 3320. 6055, R. Nikkei-1 JPN with delightful old-style traditional Latin tunes after 1205 - strong and completely without QRM. I hung around to enjoy for 10 minutes. Rxs.: Benmar Navigator 555A and its DFing loopstick / Drake SSR-1 and 6m end-fed wire. 73 - (Steve McGreevy N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com July 17, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. 13550, July 17 at 1357, Chinese talk and music at S6-S8, no doubt a CNR1 jammer, to timesignal and off 1400*. I started too late today for a full bandscan, as many more also close at 1400. Strangely, 13550 is not among the 146 *jammed SOH listings in Aoki/NDXC. But EiBi has both of them possible until 1430, with SOH on 13550.1. Wolfgang Bueschel`s exhaustive bandscan as of July 5-12 includes SOH (only): ``13550.053 S=3 0504 UT 2130-1430 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Re 13550 kHz, new CNR1 appearance now. in Austrian DX newsgroup A-DX member Horst Mehrlich, a German pensionist living regularly in Hungary, reported a week ago 13550even kHz new superpower CNR1 jammer channel against SOH Taiwan, noted on analog domestic RX units here in central Europe. 73 wolfie (Wolfgang Bueschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 7210, PBS Yunnan, 1041, July 11. IS, consisting of a long musical loop of EZL music; mixing with only SOH; no VOV today, which is normally well heard here (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. More Updates of 21555 kHz DRM mode --- Hello, QIQ in extreme North East of China, close to Vladivostok border frequencies were tooooo optimistic. 21555even S=7-8 0305 UT DRM digital CNR1 Kunming Anning #501 site, 0300-0700 UT scheduled. Some 10 kHz data block visible and noted in close-by skip zone in eastern Thailand. CNR1 DRM Chinese Digital services at present: 0000-0400 UT 13850 kHz QIQ ex 17800 0100-0300 UT 17790 kHz KUN 0100-0800 UT 17830 kHz URU 0100-0900 UT 11695 kHz DOF 13825 kHz BEI 17770 kHz DOF 0300-0700 UT 21555 kHz KUN 0400-0900 UT 11990 kHz QIQ ex 15735 0600-0900 UT 6030 kHz BEI 0700-0900 UT 17790 kHz KUN 0800-1200 UT 9655 kHz URU 0900-1100 UT 9540 kHz KUN 0900-1200 UT 13710 kHz QIQ ex 9870 0900-1805 UT 6030 kHz BEI 2157-0100 UT 9655 kHz BEI vy73 (Wolfgang Bueschel, July 13, DX LISTENIING DIGEST) Hi Wolfy and Glenn. Thanks for the list. I haven't been able to detect any of these transmissions yet. It's very difficult to tell what is local noise and what is DRM. I'm surprised they are using the 21 and 17 MHz bands which always seem to be working poorly due to propagation condx. Is a S7-8 signal enough to make DRM work? 73 from (Noel Green, NW England, July 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of China National Radio-1 in DRM, July 18 from 0630 on 17770 DOF 030 kW / 016 deg to EaAs Chinese https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-china-national-radio-1-in.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VzeOUQ25Ww&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 100% like a local, but not hifi. Was this as heard in Bulgaria? Frequency displayed is 17765 not 17770 (gh, DXLD) ** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, Brazaville, 1812-1844*, 11-07, French, comments, “Les Congolaises”, songs. 14321. Also *0540-0555, 14-07, French, comments. 14311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CONGO DR. 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 1745-1816*, 12-07, vernacular comments, religious songs. Extremely weak. 15311. Also 1750-1819*, 13-07, religious songs, vernacular comments. Very weak. 15321. Also 1745-1807*, 14-07, religious songs and vernacular comments. Weak but clear signal today. 15321 but at about 1755 signal improved to 25332. 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu on air with weak but clear signal now, 1802, here in Friol. Closing past days at about 1817. Radio Kahuzi closed today at 1807 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol, Sunday July 14, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) On Saturday 13 July it closed at 1819 UT (Dan Robinson, MD, ibid.) Yes, Saturday at 1819 and Friday at 1816 UT. Today Sunday at 1807 (Manuel, ibid.) ** CUBA [and non]. 7435, July 12 at 1152, pulse jamming vs weak Chinese talk, i.e. CRI eastward from Beijing during this hour. Radio Martí is on 7435 only at 03-05 UT: the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command lets it run anyway, Commies vs Commies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13739.243, July 12 at 1258, RHC is only S5-S7 here, and once again knocked itself way off-frequency, 1301 ID; while // 13700.0 has just come on much stronger, S9+20. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11980, July 13 at 0019, Chinese song at S1, same as on stronger 5990 CRI relay of which 11980 is second harmonic. Same as also on CRI Spanish 15120 fundamental, but this transmitter has crackling audio altho at 0021 the carrier is steady and not breaking up. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. 13740, July 13 at 0023, RHC Spanish is on again via sporadic / unscheduled frequency, VG S9+40. Something`s always wrong? at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In A-19, 13740 is Bejucal site site instead at 11-14 UT. 13740 is Bauta TX #5, which is often wrong, planned 21-04 UT? maybe used select as spare parts in between for other Bauta Txs? 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, July 12, WOR iog via DXLD) 9570, July 13 at 1305, CRI relay is S9+20 but overmodulated / distorted, introducing `China Theatre`. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. 12000, July 13 at 1326, RHC is S3-S5 but just barely modulated, matching the situation on fundamental 6000 which is S8-S9. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 15140, July 13 at 1322, RHC is absent, but audible on 15230 at only VP S2-S3. 13700 & 13740 are also both off at 1357, 11760 off at 1358; but 9640 and 9535 are still on. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13650, China Radio Intl. (Quivican CU), 2350. Talk by W in Portuguese to vocal music and sudden close at 2355. We were tardy in checking out this frequency to see what was going on here today, but finding horrendous audio, tho the signal was quite strong. If the whole hour sounded like the sample I heard, the PRC didn't get their money's worth on this relay. "Something's ALWAYS ---" - Good (sig level) July 13 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000) & 750; RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) 13740.002, 20 kHz wideband signal, seemingly RHC Bauta's unit TX#5 has been repaired recently during their break off air in past weeks. Excellent audio quality at 0037 UT on July 14, S=9+20dB strength noted in remote SDR at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada post. At 0040 UT noted sport news of Copa America soccer tournament and football item at FC Barcelona Spain. 15120even, CUBA, CRI in Spanish language via their Latin America relay site at Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW center. S=9+25dB strength at Alberta Canada remote SDR unit. 18 kHz wideband signal, but audio feedline crackled and distorted quality a little bit. Some check log entries of July 14 at 00-01 UT slot, taken in remote SDR's at Cape Canaveral FL east coast, and at Edmonton Alberta in Canada [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)) 15120, July 14 at 0052, CRI Spanish relay is S9+10, much stronger than // 5990, but 15120 is JBM, at least not crackling today. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6000, 9535, 9570, 9640, 15230, July 14 at 1315, all these RHC/CRI frequencies are missing; while RHC is still running on 11760, 13700, 13740, 15140. Something`s always wrong at RHC/RadioCuba --- maybe correlates with one of the transmitter sites offline. Quite a different selexion from 24 hours earlier. 11950, July 15 at 2201, RHC on early, undermodulated S9+10, seems like live speech by some Commie, apparently a `Mesa Redonda` special event an hour earlier than usual, since not // 11760 et al., and 6000 JBA also seems same as 11950. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7379.241, July 15 at 2222, RHC French auto-knocked way off frequency from 7380, S9+10; as happens sporadically here or below 15370 or 13740, presumably same transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13650 - NOTE: This is as close as it gets for me reporting a "NON"-log. Nothing heard from Cuba this afternoon here, at 2300 (the scheduled relay of China Radio International to Brazil). Not even a detectable carrier. Condx - ? Well, Cuba heard loud and clear on 25 meter band frequencies, as well as R Nac. Amazonia via Brazil direct on 11780. We're thinking the broadcast is not on today - {NON} July 16 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Sangean ATS-909X, Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000 RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) 13739.241, July 17 at 1400, RHC self-knocked way off frequency again, // 13700.0 which is somewhat weaker and both still on the air. One of them is usually off by now. EiBi shows 13700 is Bauta, 13740 Bejucal, both until 1400. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. CUBAZUELA’S DIPLOMATIC DEBACLE JUAN ANTONIO BLANCO | Miami https://mailchi.mp/diariodecuba/todaycubazuelas-diplomatic-debacle?e=75468380c8 [...] For now, blackouts have already begun to hit Cuba. READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW July 17, 2019 (DDC via DXLD) O, could explain some RHC anomalies, missing frequencies (gh, DXLD) ** DENMARK. 5840, World Music Radio, Randers, 2040-2055, 13-07, pop songs in English, ID “World Music Radio, WMR...”. 24322. (Méndez) 15805, World Music Radio, Randers, 1620-1635, 13-07, pop songs in English. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) World Music Radio (WMR) is now broadcasting on 15805 kHz (200 W) with a new 3 element yagi. Currently the aerial is beamed north thus providing coverage of WMR in northern Scandinavia - during daytime every Saturday and Sunday (07-20 UTC). Sometimes the signal can also be picked up in central and southern Europe, in Ireland and western UK, in Russia and eastern North America. Photos at: https://www.facebook.com/WorldMusicRadioWMR/ Meanwhile WMR continues broadcasting on 5840 kHz (100 W) 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Transmitter site of both SW frequencies: Randers, Denmark. Reception reports are welcome at wmr@wmr.dk -- If a printed QSL card is desired, reports must be sent to World Music Radio, PO Box 112, DK-8960 Randers SØ, Denmark. Return postage is kindly required. Best 73s (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, www.wmr.radio 0747 UT July 13, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) Post and 7 photos of the antenna at this link; you should be able to view the photos even if not a Facebook member, just check not now if a pop up appears inviting you to sign up. https://www.facebook.com/WorldMusicRadioWMR/posts/2631688556876434 (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth Garden City, UK, WOR iog via DXLD) So, the additional transmission this past Thursday was an antenna test. It worked fine for me :-) 73 (Harald, QTH Goettingen, Kuhl, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) It means that they replaced the dipole antenna which they used in the past on 15805 kHz. OK, but what type of antenna WMR uses on 5840 kHz? Does someone know? (Tibor Gaal, Budapesst, Hungary, WOR iog via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 17560, July 14 at 1345, `Auld Lang Syne` and announcement in French, i.e. CRI via Kashgar where Uighurs are being brainwashed. Strongest signal on band amid very few others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 6050, HCJB, Pichincha, 0350-0500*, 13-07, German, DX program (Saturday), at 0400 Spanish, religious, anthem and close at 0500. From 0359 to 0459 Strong QRM from Algeria on the same frequency. 31421. Also 0300-0310, 14-07, Spanish, religious comments, “Esta es una producción de HCJB”. 25322. Also 2316-2324, 14-07, Very nice Andean songs. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ECUADOR [non]. Cancelled transmissions of Radio Akhbar Mufriha effective from July 3 2100-2115 7300 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg NoAf Tachelhit, very good signal 2115-2145 7300 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg NoAf Arabic & dialect is deleted 2145-2215 9530 ASC 250 kw / 027 deg WeAf Hassinya Thu-Tue is deleted My last 2 videos of Radio Akhbar Mufriha, Arabic and Hassinya June 22 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/cancelled-transmissions-of-radio-akhbar.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EL SALVADOR. Schau dir "Radio Nacional de El Salvador" auf YouTube an "Of 2nd March 2013: 87 aniversario de Radio Nacional de El Salvador. Video realizado por La Secretaria de Comunicaciones para la Gala de reconocimiento a los hombres y mujeres que han contribuido al desarrollo de la radio en El Salvador." (Salue - Paul Reinersch-D, A-DX ng July 12, BC-DX 13 July via DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata, *0517-0540, 13-07, open with non stop African songs. 15321. Also *0534-0543, 14-07, songs. Extremely weak today. 15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ERITREA. 7140, 0340-0350 12.7, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, Px 1, Asmara, Tigrinya conversation, 25332, ham QRM 7180, 0345-0355 12.7, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, Px 2, Asmara, Relay of Px 1! Tigrinya conversation, 35333. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, my latest loggings from Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. Reception of Voice of Eritrean Lowlands via MBR Issoudun, July 13 1700-1730 15390 ISS 100 kW / 123 deg EaAf Arabic Mon/Sat, fair/good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-voice-of-eritrean-lowlands_14.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 13-16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. GERMANY, Reception of Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen, July 17 1700-1800 15420 NAU 100 kW / 144 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Wed, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-voice-of-oromo-liberation_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. Attached is the daily schedule for Charleston Radio International, a German pirate station, received directly from the station on July 15, and also posted on FB (!). Hope you’re well. Regards and 73 tc (Terry Colgan, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: 17-22 UT summer, 18-23 winter, on 5140 (gh, DXLD) ** EUROPE. 7055.03, Jul 4, 2223, Kanal Russia, R, adv, talk Russian-Nazi propaganda, ID Kanal Rasia, the transmitting have had character of broadcasting, LSB, 55545 (Tomas Burian, Morava, Moravia, SW Bulletin July 14 via DXLD) ** EUROPE. FRS on air Sunday evening July 28th http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/132-frs-on-air-sunday-evening-july-28th.html On Sunday July 28th, the Free Radio Service Holland will be on with the first of two Summer evening broadcasts. Similar to what we have done in the past few years, thematic programmes will be aired. Programmes will commence at 16:52 UTC/ 18:52 CEST and will last four hours. Close down will be at 21:00 UTC/ 23:00 CEST. Attention: most likely programmes will be aired on 7700 // 5810 kHz (spare frequency is 5800 kHz). Tune in on the 28th of July. It will be worth while with a wide variety of musical topics. Reports but moreover: personal comments are more than welcome. P.O.Box 2702 in 6049 ZG Herten, the Netherlands (=excellent hard copy QSL) or by e-mail: frs@frsholland.nl Put it on your calendar: the inofficial celebration of our 39th anniversary will be on Sunday September 1st. Details will follow in the second half of August. FRS-HOLLAND Programme Schedule for Sunday July 28th 2019 UTC Time NAME PROGRAMME CEST Time 16:52 Station-opening: ID's & Theme tune. 18:52 17:01 Musical Express- Bert van Leer Relive some of those great '1970s Summer Sounds' 19:01 17:45 Radiowaves- Dave Scott Good old Dave will focus on 'Rare 60s & 70s Prog Rock tracks' 19:45 18:30 German Show- Jan van Dijk Jan presents 'Best of 90s Britpop' 20:30 19:15 FRS Magazine- Peter Verbruggen --- Peter goes back to the period 1970-1974 when Radio Northsea Int. was broadcasting from that colorful ship: Mebo II. Nothing but R.N.I. tunes (and of course background info as well!). 21:15 20:00-20:45 Guest Show - Mike Taylor --- Many SW enthusiasts will know Mike doing E.M.R.'s Mailbag Show for quite a few years. Mike's choice: 'the 1980' s- A Personal Look' 22:00-22:45 We are looking to have your company Sunday evening July 28th.....! Streaming === Choosing for ‘the best of both worlds’ FRSH goes for broadcasting on short wave in good old AM and digital high quality web streaming. Listeners can make their choice out of two streams (via Manuel Mendez, July 13, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) FRSH items most editors file under Holland or Netherlands, but since it`s a pirate, I am not convinced it axually transmit from there, so file it under E for Europe (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Netherlands: e-mail alert on 14 July: "We have some good news...FRS-Holland will be on air with two Summer evening broadcasts. In the past 5 years, these typical evening broadcasts proved to be very successful. Not only because of good reception but also because of the thematic programmes which were certainly to the taste of many SW/ Free Radio enthusiasts. The first Summer evening broadcast will take place on Sunday July 28th. Details: go to http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/132-frs-on-air-sunday-evening-july-28th.html The 2nd one will be our 39th Anniversary being planned for Sunday September 1st. Details will follow in the 2nd half of August. Have a good weekend...'see' you soon on the SW free radio bands! 73s, Peter V. on behalf of the FRS crew" website info :: "FRS on air Sunday evening July 28th On Sunday July 28th, the Free Radio Service Holland will be on with the first of two Summer evening broadcasts. Similar to what we have done in the past few years, thematic programmes will be aired. Programmes will commence at 1652 UT/18:52 CEST and will last four hours. Close down will be at 2100 UT/23:00 CEST. Attention: most likely programmes will be aired on 7700 // 5810 kHz (spare frequency is 5800 kHz). Tune in on the 28th of July. It will be worth while with a wide variety of musical topics. Reports but moreover: personal comments are more than welcome. P. O. Box 2702 in 6049 ZG Herten, the Netherlands (=excellent hard copy QSL) or by e-mail: frs@frsholland.nl Put it on your calendar: the inofficial celebration of our 39th anniversary will be on Sunday September 1st. Details will follow in the second half of August." (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 14 July 2019, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) ** FALKLAND ISLANDS [and non]. 560 [GUYANA, q.v.] and 530 are both alive and well and on frequency as heard during our cruise in February/March this year. The Falklands’ 530 was first noted about 200-250 miles NW on 2/24. This ID, and that’s about all there is here, was recorded while we were docked 2/25 a little after 5pm local time and seemed to lead in to a program of country music. We got around the island fairly well but I never did see a tower. This obviously is not DX, but as someone else has already pointed out, it is unlikely I will ever hear it again so why not record it? https://www.dropbox.com/s/9s1dut4l3xlfhsn/DXS%200225%201705%20530%20Falk.mp3?dl=0 (Pete Taylor, Tacoma, WA, nrc-am via DXLD) ** FINLAND. 6170, 0520-0525 Sat 6.7, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat, Finnish conversation, pop music, 25142. Weaker at 0650: 15131 11720, 0650-0700 Sat 6.7, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat, Finnish ann, English pop songs, 25242 // 6170. 11720 also heard 1110-1115 with Finnish talk, 35333. 11689.87, 1345-1355 Sat 6.7, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat, Finnish ann, pop music, 35323. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, my latest loggings from Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) 5980, Jul06, 1957, Scandinavian Weekend Radio fade in with rock and a “greetings from Finland...”, and little else. Very weak here and nothing on other freqs (Hermod Pedersen, Hörby, Sweden, SW Bulletin July 14 via DXLD) ** GERMANY [and non?] AWR confirmed reception of 15715 kHz on April 30, 2019 and 11955 kHz on April 30, 2019 QSL cards. It is a pity that the AWR confirms with the remnants of the cards. In the 90s and early zero they sent beautiful and different QSL cards. I also have stereo cards made of veneer in my collection … We are waiting for confirmations from AWR in electronic form. (Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & “open_dx”, via QSL World, Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) Country? All AWR 15715 broadcasts are via Nauen, GERMANY; also one on 11955, but most there via Moosbrunn, AUSTRIA (gh, DXLD) ** GERMANY. 6160, Jul 1, 2200, Shortwave Radio "winding up" today's show, noting that anyone wanting a QSL should donate "a little dough, which is only fair". And, well, who could argue with that (Hermod Pedersen, Hörby, Sweden, SW Bulletin July 14 via DXLD) soon will have QRM from WBCQ? See USA (GH) ** GERMANY. We play music for Europe !! We are a network of small hobby radio stations in the Netherlands and in Germany. We send our program from the Netherlands via our stream and sometimes via a shortwave transmitter. We use the Radio60 streaming service. On shortwave via Nauen / Germany the following broadcasts will be running: - on 13 July 2019 from 12 to 15 o'clock CEST (10-13 o'clock UT) on 5990 kHz with 125 kW for Western Europe - 6 Hour Radio Marathon on 19.10.2019 from 12 to 18 o'clock CEST (10 - 16 UT) on 5990 kHz with 125 kW for Western Europe We wish our listeners a good reception and look forward to receiving reports. Further shipments are already in planning. https://studio52radiogroup.jimdo.com/ (via Mike Terry, bdxc-uk iog via DXLD) [WOR] studio52radiogroup 13.07.2019 10.00 - 13.00z 5990 kHz https://studio52radiogroup.jimdo.com/ "... We are a network of small hobby-radiostations in the Netherlands and Germany. We send our program from the netherlands via our stream and sometimes via a shortwave- transmitter. On shortwave via Nauen / Germany will run the following transmissions: - on the 13th July 2019 from 10 to 13 UT on 5990 kHz with 125 KW for westeurope....." █ Also H E U T E / T O D A Y 12 - 15°° MESZ/CEST █ (roger, germany, July 13, WOR iog via DXLD) A recording of the first minutes is in the main Files folder of the IO group, if someone wants to put it into the archive. In case a question arises whether it be 100 or 125 kW: The old "DuS" antenna, last used with a transmitter moved in from Jülich (or maybe the newest one moved in from the Wertachtal plant? but I have not heard about this rig really being put into operation), has apparently been set aside, with all remaining transmissions now being done with the four antennas from 1997. The transmitters of these antennas are, as just discussed, 500 kW ones with switching options "100 percent", "50 percent" and "25 percent". For the last option they bill the rate for a 100 kW transmitter, and so this figure is more likely to be specified than 125 kW (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) Good reception on 5990 kHz via Nauen with Telstar Radio from 1035 UT tune-in until 1055 and now with Radio60. SIO 454. In Dutch, German, English with Studio 52 IDs also. 73, (Alan, AOR 7030plus, longwire, Caversham, UK, Pennington, bdxc-iog via DXLD) Good signal of Studio 52 via MBR Nauen, July 13: 1000-1300 on 5990 NAU 125 kW / 233 deg to WeEu English/Dutch 1200-1400 on 5955 NAU 125 kW / 233 deg to WeEu is cancelled! The next broadcast of Studio 52 via MBR Nauen will be on Oct.19 1000-1600 on 5990 NAU 125 kW / 233 deg to WeEu English/Dutch https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/good-signal-of-studio-52-via-mbr-nauen.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 6085, Radio Mi Amigo International, Kall Krekel, *0700-0715, 13-07, English, ID “Radio Mi Amigo International”, pop songs, comments. 25422. (Méndez) 7310, Radio Mi Amigo International, Kall Krekel, *1000-1012, 13-07, English, pop songs, comments, ID “Radio Mi Amigo”. 25432 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GREECE. Voice of Greece Sunday Orthodox Liturgy on 9420, July 14 from 0630 on 9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/voice-of-greece-sunday-orthodox-liturgy.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 13-16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420 kHz, on 20190715, 0426. R. Hellephonia (Avlis), SIO 453 in Greek talk. Again at 20190717, 0315, R. Hellephonia (Avlis, Greece). SIO 353. Male commentator followed by some traditional sounding Greek music (James Matthew Branum, Oklahoma City, These receptions were made with a Tecsun PL-880 with an outdoor dipole cut for approximately 40 meters at my home QTH (Locator: EM15ep). From: http://blog.jmb.mx/index.php/2019/07/18/kg5jst-radio-reception-logs-july-11-17-2019/ WOR iog via DXLD) ``Hellephonia`` sounds like an apropos name, but such word does not appear in WRTH for it or its ID; did you definitely hear that? (gh) ** GUAM. Frequency change of Living Water Ministry Broadcasting from July 16: 1515-1615 NF 6055 TWR 200 kW / 320 deg to NEAs Korean Tue-Fri, ex 5905 to avoid at same time 5905 KAS 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian China Radio International https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/frequency-change-of-living-water.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 13-16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. Radio Verdad Internet --- Aquí le enviamos un link PROVISIONAL para sintonizar Radio Verdad por Internet. Dentro de pocos días cambiaremos este link. Éste es el link temporal: http://www.mixlr.com/radio-verdad-internacional-tv/ (Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad, July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUINEA. 9650, Radio Guinée, Conakry, 1545-1640, 13-07, French, comments, ID “Radio Guinée, responsabilité...”, “La Radiodiffusion de la Republique de Guinée, emettant de Conakry”. QRM from Arabia on the same frequency. 33433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GUYANA. 560 and 530 [FALKLANDS, q.v.] are both alive and well and on frequency as heard during our cruise in February/March this year. Guyana was heard while we were docked at St. Thomas USVI. I had been there several times before but never noted it. I just don’t think I spent a lot of time on 560 since it was always Cuba and WQAM on the way down. The three cuts were recorded between 6-6:30pm local time on 2/5. You will hear NCN (National Communications Network) from time to time. The level obviously improved as we edged our way southward. GUYANA - 3 CUTS https://www.dropbox.com/s/yde7lgzblmdt6a8/DXS%200205%201814%20560%20RGuy.mp3?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/3knnzxk70ompp9m/DXS%200205%201825%20560%20RGuy2.mp3?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/lomeskupixgz0nw/DXS%200205%201836%20560%20RGuy3.mp3?dl=0 (Pete Taylor, Tacoma, WA, nrc-am via DXLD) ** INDIA. All India Radio, 9865 (1240 UT), weak, nice music to YL in Hindi, nice to hear this during our Summer as it is usually only audible during the Winter months, fading by 1305 but I can still faintly hear music (Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa, OK, Rec: Elad FDM DUO, Ant: 40m loop @ 15ft, July 14, WOR iog via DXLD) Fair signal of AIR Vividh Bharati on July 16: 0900-1200 on 9865 BGL 500 kW / 038 deg to SoAs Hindi https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/fair-signal-of-air-vividh-bharati-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 13-16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [and non]. The Chinese station on 4920 is missing for some days now. So AIR Chennai using this frequency is heard very clearly now. China on 4905 is also missing. Maybe they under maintenance for some days like in previous years. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, July 15, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) Hi Jose, You must be correct, down for maintenance! TIBET. Unusual to find PBS Xizang off the air, but on July 11-12-13-14-15, clearly not broadcasting on the frequencies I checked (4820, 4905, 4920, 5935 and 6200), from 1030+ UT (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) Hi Ron, Aoki reports hearing Xizang Chinese until 1200 on 15745 kHz, but I couldn't hear it today (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) Thanks for info Ron & Mauno. China 4800 is still on interfering with our local station AIR Hyderabad. Must check China 5050 which seems to be also off. In the previous years some hobbyist used to circulate CRI maintenance schedules but did not come across anything this time. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, ibid.) China 5050 is on now at 1020. Their schedule is 2300-0100, 1000-1600 (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) ** INDIA. Community radio gives boost to rural development - The Hindu https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/community-radio-gives-boost-to-rural-development/article28497112.ece (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) List of 251 Community Radio stations in India As on 31 May 2019 is now available in the following link of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India. https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/List%20of%20251%20Operational%20CRS%20in%20India%20as%20on%2031-05-2019%28new%29.pdf Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, July 2, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. DD’S TV TRANSMITTERS TO NOW BE ALL INDIA RADIO SET UPS Closed TV transmitter set ups of the Doordarshan will now be turned to All India Radio set ups by the Prasar Bharati as part of its efforts to rationalise its set ups. More at: http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2019/jul/14/dds-tv-transmitters-to-now-be-air-set-ups-2003677.html --- (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dx_india yg via DXLD) Set-ups?? This is very opaque. What are they talking about? Maybe TV towers can be employed as FM towers but not without new FM antennas and transmitters. Beware of all the pop-up clutter on that site (gh, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. AMAZON PLANNING 3,236-SATELLITE CONSTELLATION FOR INTERNET CONNECTIVITY --- by Caleb Henry — April 4, 2019 https://spacenews.com/amazon-planning-3236-satellite-constellation-for-internet-connectivity/ Amazon, founded by Jeff Bezos, who also founded launch company Blue Origin, is interested in gaining spectrum rights to operate thousands of internet satellites. Credit: Kate Patterson for SpaceNews WASHINGTON — Amazon is joining the list of companies planning a constellation of thousands of satellites for broadband internet connectivity. The internet shopping giant has asked international spectrum regulators to provide spectrum rights for a constellation of 3,236 satellites. Amazon hasn’t disclosed who would build the satellites or when they would be launched, and hasn’t yet filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for U.S. market access for the system. Amazon’s constellation is filed with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) under the name Kuiper Systems. Amazon confirmed its connection to Kuiper Systems in a statement to SpaceNews. “Project Kuiper is a new initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world,” Amazon said. “This is a long-term project that envisions serving tens of millions of people who lack basic access to broadband internet. We look forward to partnering on this initiative with companies that share this common vision.” News of Amazon’s constellation application was first reported by GeekWire. The Amazon constellation calls for three layers of satellites — 784 in a 590-kilometer orbit, 1,156 in a 630-kilometer orbit, and 1,296 in a 610-kilometer orbit. Many details about Amazon’s proposed constellation remain unknown, such as who would build the satellites and when Amazon hopes to have them in orbit. Amazon has not yet applied with the FCC for permission to serve the U.S. market with the constellation. That application would include more details about the constellation, including how Amazon would deorbit satellites to maintain a sustainable space environment. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos also founded the launch company Blue Origin, which is developing a reusable rocket called New Glenn to launch government and commercial satellites. The rocket’s first flight is expected in 2021. News of Amazon’s ITU filing came the same day as reports that Bezos will retain full ownership of Blue Origin after his divorce. In a statement April 4, MacKenzie Bezos said that her husband will keep his full ownership of the spaceflight company as part of their divorce settlement. Bezos will transfer 25 percent of his existing stake in Amazon to MacKenzie, but keep “sole voting authority” over those shares. Even after the settlement Bezos will remain the wealthiest person in the world, with his remaining Amazon shares worth an estimated $108 billion. AWS Ground Station Amazon and Lockheed Martin in November announced the launch of AWS Ground Station to leverage the cloud-computing capabilities of Amazon Web Services to support communications with satellites, particularly those in low Earth orbit. Amazon’s proposed constellation, according to the ITU filing, would circle the Earth much closer than some of the other broadband constellations under development. OneWeb, for example, is targeting 1,200 kilometers for its initial constellation of 650 satellites. Telesat plans to have satellites in 1,000-kilometer and 1,250-kilometer orbits, though it’s not clear how many of its envisioned 292-satellite system would go in each orbit, since the target size of the constellation is 58 satellites above what the FCC approved for U.S. market access. LeoSat’s proposed constellation of 108 satellites would operate at 1,400 kilometers. SpaceX wants to operate most of its future 4,425-satellite constellation between the altitudes of 1,110 and 1,325 kilometers (though the company asked the FCC in November to authorize 1,584 satellites at a lower 550-kilometer orbit). Many spectrum applications never progress much beyond the filing of the initial paperwork. Boeing applied in 2016 with the FCC for a constellation of between 1,396 and 2,956 satellites, but said last June that it hadn’t moved forward with those plans. The FCC’s international bureau told SpaceNews that Boeing has withdrawn two applications in the past year. Amazon’s system, if realized, will likely cost billions of dollars, not unlike the projected cost of constellations for SpaceX, OneWeb, Telesat and LeoSat. Bezos said last year that he already sells $1 billion in Amazon stock annually to fund Blue Origin (via gh, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [non]. SANDY WOOD RETIRES, BILLY HENRY BECOMES VOICE OF STARDATE By Rebecca Johnson and McDonald Observatory • Jul 16, 2019 https://www.kgou.org/post/sandy-wood-retires-billy-henry-becomes-voice-stardate StarDate Sandy Wood [portrait] https://www.kgou.org/sites/kgou/files/styles/x_large/public/201907/Sandy-Wood.jpg Sandy Wood, the popular and charismatic announcer of the StarDate radio program, is retiring after 28 years on the air. Her final episode will air July 16. Listen 0:35 Sandy Wood: "Keep looking up." https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kgou/audio/2019/07/Stardate_SandyFarewell_0.mp3 StarDate is the longest running nationally syndicated science program on American radio. Produced by The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory, the program began in 1978. It brings a daily two-minute message of astronomy and skywatching to 2.3 million weekly listeners via more than 300 stations across the country. Wood took over from original announcer Joel Block after the program’s first dozen years. “Since 1991 I’ve been with you every day, telling you about the wonders of the universe,” she says at the end of the July 16 episode. “Recent health problems, though, have left me unable to continue, so this is my final episode. My thanks for all of the support from our StarDate audience — the best in the universe!” StarDate producer Damond Benningfield has worked with Wood since her original audition. “This really breaks my heart,” Benningfield says. “Not only is she an amazing announcer, she’s one of the kindest and most thoughtful people I’ve ever known. She’s also a hoot, so our recording sessions are probably going to be a lot duller without her.” Wood’s first broadcast aired September 16, 1991, and she recorded a total of 10,166 episodes. She also recorded several podcasts for McDonald Observatory projects, and she narrated videos that play at the observatory’s Frank N. Bash Visitors Center and other venues at the Fort Davis campus, as well as on various web sites. “I very much appreciate Sandy Wood’s dedicated service to McDonald Observatory. Her enthusiastic and consistent delivery of astronomy news for StarDate has built a large and committed audience of astronomy enthusiasts,” said McDonald Director Taft Armandroff. “As I travel the country and speak with fans of astronomy and The University of Texas, there are always questions and good wishes for Sandy Wood and StarDate.” Wood has been a broadcaster since the 1960s, serving as a radio DJ and talk-show host, and voicing programs and commercials for local, regional, and national clients, including NASA. Billy Henry Voice talent Billy Henry will be taking over for Sandy Wood beginning July 17, 2019. Billy is no stranger to public radio, serving as the voice for Brain Stories and going on to record hundreds of voiceovers for TV, radio and film including Texas Tourism, Schlotzky’s, Southwest Airlines, NASCAR, Guitar Center, Dell, AMD, Velocity Credit Union, the IMAX film, Texas: The Big Picture, and many more. Henry is involved in many creative fields. In addition to doing voice work, he is a composer, musician, teacher, sound designer, and “maker of things,” including musical instruments. He has written hundreds of pieces of music for clients , movie scores, and music for theater and dance productions and toured the world with The Court Yard Hounds and the Dixie Chicks. He teaches at Texas State University in San Marcos and has taught at UT-Austin as well. “While I might not be able to stick it out for 28 years like Sandy did, I’m looking forward to telling you about the universe for a long time to come,” says Henry in an audio introduction recorded for StarDate’s many affiliate radio stations. Billy Henry’s warm voice and conversational delivery style will continue the StarDate tone established by Sandy Wood during her tenure with the program (via KGOU Newsletter July 18 via DXLD) Another version about this: See U S A ** IRELAND. 5505, Shannon volmet, 0237-0240Z with aviation weather for two airports in London, Keflavik, and Glasgow, clear ID - this is Shannon volmet, Shannon volmet - then into weather for Oslo. Signal fair with static crashes, surprisingly decent! SIO 333 (Carlie Forsythe, Madison WI, July 13, odxa iog via DXLD) ** JAPAN. 9625, NHK World, 1148-1200Z with the Bahasa service. Male and female program hosts chatting and laughing, playing different musical selections. Though the lyrics were all in Japanese, the styles were distinctly not; many were ballads in the mode of Frank Sinatra and similar, and one was the first Japanese-language country and western tune I've ever heard. Clear facebook contact info and ID around 1156Z, sign-off with 'sayonara' just before 1159Z and off. Signal fair, SIO 333. Three of us were out at Lake Farm Park south of town this morning, which explains the early local morning DX (Carlie Forsythe, Madison WI, July 13-14, odxa iog via DXLD) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, July 18 at 0604, JBA carrier, surely from R. Kiribati. Too late for anything from Eurafrica in the summer, but not too early for propagation from Xmas Island. Last trace of 846 heard here (along with several others) was April 29 at 1121-1128. At 0607, I also have a JBA carrier noticeably off-frequency minus from 774-; not sure what that could be. Surely not Iran or Indonesia as in http://mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=774 (Glenn Hauser, OK, LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 11865 OM in German UNID, VOK? All, I’m listening to 11865 on 14JUL at 1912h UT. I hear marching music and now a OM speaking in German giving news. I can’t find a listing for this station; could it be VOK? Reception at my QTH is weak. SINPO 23232 in Stratford Upon Avon. Thanks (Will Grocott, England, July 14, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) At 2000, I heard the VOK interval signal 11865 followed by sign-on in Korean. Fair signal on the Twente rx. // 9425 and 11635. I didn’t catch it before 2000 but seems it could have been VOK in German that you heard. Both 1900-2000 German and 2000-2100 Korean are listed on 12015 kHz to Europe but seems they are today using 11865 instead. 73S (Dave Kenny, ibid.) 11710, KOREA NORTH, Voice of Korea in Korean at 1730 UT July 14 with patriotic songs and announcements including a song by Moranbong Band called "Single Minded People". Excellent to National Anthem and off at 1750. Check out this song on YouTube. If you ignore the political message in the lyrics etc, a very neat band and the tune is kind of cool. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Glenn! Never contacted you before, but here goes: VOK has been running the wrong programs today: at 1500 UT on 9435 they had the Korean program going, not English. At 1600, German came up instead of French. Now at 1700, I'm hearing the Russian program. Makes for some interesting variety here. // 11710 also carrying the Russian program. 9425 too weak to be sure, but it sounds like Spanish, not Russian. No other VOK frequencies can be copied here at this time. Propagation was a little worse this morning, otherwise I normally hear VOK more easily. KCBS was not suffering from a bad audio patch job, they seemed to be normal today. KCBS 11680 has been overpowered lately by CNR after 1600, while // 9665 normally is good. QTH: northwest Washington state, CN88rs to be more precise. Using SDR-Console software with an Airspy HF+ receiver, with a dipole pointed WNW. 73S, (Brendan Wahl WA7HL, July 15, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Neat ham callsign correspondence to his name (gh, ibid.) KRE Kujang today July 15 totally different frequency selection === 1 File54kB XLS54kB KRE_Kujang_20190715.xls Download VoKOR Kujang 13 til 23 UT on 2019 07 15 see excel table vy73 wolfgang VoKOR 1400-2050 new 11865 kHz (ex 12015 to avoid VoMongolia) 73 wb Hallo Arnulf, mir kam eine Frq Änderung VoKOR French dieser Tage unter die Augen, total anders als das WRTH Supplement in PDF Format vom 1 June 2019. Heute Nachmittag fiel mir diese Meldung wieder beim Check in Edmonton Alberta um 14-15 UT ein: VoKOR Ru 9425 9435 Fr 13650 13760 Kor KCBS 11735 15245 nichts auf 11710 kHz instead CNR, 12014v kHz nur MNG only, seit wann geht das schon so, oder habe ich eine neue Schedule von Dir verpasst? gruss wolfie df5sx wwdxc Hello Arnulf, I saw a Frq change VoKOR French these days, totally different than the WRTH supplement in PDF format from 1 June 2019. This afternoon I saw this message again at the check in Edmonton Alberta at 14-15 UT: VoKOR Ru 9425 9435 Fri 13650 13760 Kor KCBS 11735 15245 nothing on 11710 kHz instead of CNR, 12014v kHz only MNG only, since when does it work, or have I missed a new schedule from you? Greeting wolfie df5sx wwdxc (Wolfgang Bueschel to Arnulf Piontek, cc to DXLD) Lieber Wolfie! DANKE für die Info, das fiel auch schon auf. Ich warte aber erst einmal ab, keine Panik auf der Titanic! Die alten Frequenzen werden in allen Sprachen weiterhin angesagt. Z. T. scheinen auch die Antennenbelegungen nicht zu stimmen. Und auch früher schon gab es Schaltfehler. Morgen werde ich die Botschaft informieren. Keine Angst; Köpfe werden dann in Korea NICHT rollen, aber für die wöchentliche Selbstkritik am Sonnabend gibt es dann sicherlich Stoff ;-) Siehe: https://deutsch.rt.com/asien/64065-nordkorea-fur-tot-erklaerte-wieder-aufgetaucht https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/nordkorea-tot-geglaubt-1.4472356 Damit ist in KRE das Christentum mit Wiederauferstehung nach dem Jüngsten Tag schon verwirklich. Ein wahrhaftes PARADIES! Es bleibt weiter spannend. Einen schönen Abend wünscht Dir Arnulf :-)))) [above translated:] I have already noticed it, too. I wait and see, no panic on the Titanic! They still announce the old frequencies in all languages. The used antennas also seem to be partially wrong. On earlier occasions they also used wrong languages and wrong frequencies which they after some days managed to rectify. I will inform the DPRK Embassy tomorrow accordingly. But fear not... heads will certainly NOT roll in Korea' but they will have enough material for the weekly self-criticism meetings ;-) Please refer to: https://www.rt.com/news/461089-north-korea-official-alive https://www.teaparty247.org/reports-indicate-executed-north-korean-special-envoy-still-alive-attending-musical It will remain fascinating. Best wishes from Arnulf :-) (all via Wolfgang Bueschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, FSDXLD) Today Kujang again back to 12014.990 kHz (ex 11865 kHz til 1250 UT today). 11865 at 10-11 and 12-1250 UT. Only their JAMMING NOISE SCRATCH relay audio on air, instead of Japanese program, noted at remote SDR at Tokyo and Hiroshima. Their technician working group at Kujang is similar wrong as them in TRT Emirler Turkey and RHC R Rebelde Bauta Cuba. Last UT night at 2300-2350 UT there noted some main power electricity break cuts at Kujang, all TXs were off air some short breaks, came back on air around 2340 UT. 73 wolfie Probably heard KRE Arabic on 7210 {and 9890} kHz instead of 11645? 11645 Voice of Korea 1700-1757 1234567 Arabic 200 296 Kujang KRE 4005N12505E VOK a19 attached the excel file of KRE Kujang, monitored, July 14/15/16 noted various irregulations from Kujang KRE. 73 wb df5sx July 16 (Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) XLS50kB KRE_Kujang_201907final14_15_16_17.xls Download+ KRE July 17 as Glenn says, something is always wrong at Kujang KRE. see attached Excel file of 0508 UT July 17 checked 03, 04, 05 UT slot this UT morning 15105 kHz VoK Chinese appeared only 0300-approx. 0320 UT July 17, then I searched / traced for 2nd Chinese channel and discovered again 11865 (-10 Hertz) kHz today. Chinese also 13650 kHz (-33 Hertz, offset given in column M) and at 04 UT checked English 9445 (plus 130 Hertz) odd frequency and missed 15105 kHz French, again replaced today by 11865 kHz (-10 Hertz odd), same appeared English at 0500-0557 UT. Azimuth 238 degr is my guess! 73 wolfie (Wolfgang Bueschel, July 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Shiokaze, back to former alternate frequencies; 5920 (ex: 5935) // 6040 (ex: 6070); on July 17, from tune in at 1301+; yet another terrible choice of frequencies; 5920, heard underneath a stronger Voice of Freedom, along with N. Korea jamming of VOF and on 6040, heard with some QRM from the N. Korea jamming coming from 6045, against National Unity Radio; at 1325, the usual message from the Japanese government. Ironic that Shiokaze should move off of 5935, as recently that frequency had been clear of Tibet QRM, which is currently down for maintenance. 5920 kHz - My audio at http://bit.ly/2SnhaZ3 6040 kHz - My audio at http://bit.ly/2XP91mg (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) JAPAN, Frequency changes of JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze from July 17 1300-1400 NF 5920 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg ex 5935 and 2nd freq. same time NF 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg ex 6070 is as follows 1300-1330 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English Thu 1330-1400 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu 1600-1700 NF 5935 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg ex 5920 and 2nd freq. same time NF 5980 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg ex 6165 is as follows 1600-1630 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English Thu 1630-1700 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu Frequency change of Furusato no Kaze via Shiokaze Sea Breeze from June 6 [sic] 1405-1435 NF 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg Japanese Daily, ex 5980 1405-1435 NF 6165 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg Japanese Daily, ex 6070 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/frequency-changes-of-jsr-shiokaze-sea.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Radio Free North Korea via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 18 1200-1430 on 11510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/radio-free-north-korea-via-rrtm-telecom_18.html Voice of Wilderness in now only 1 hour per day via RRTM Telecom Tashkent 1400-1500 on 7615 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, good signal, ex 1330-1530 UT! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/voice-of-wilderness-in-now-only-1-hour.html North Korea Reform Radio via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 18 1430-1530 on 11565 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, fair signal, plus QRM at same time 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeAs Pashto All India Radio-strong https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/north-korea-reform-radio-via-rrtm_18.html Voice of Martyrs via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, July 18 1530-1600 on 7530 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/voice-of-martyrs-via-rrtm-telecom_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, July 18 at 1357, KBS World Radio, S7-S9 W&M English hosts chatting, almost readable, and concluding the hour, 1359 a bit of (what else?) K-pop, 1400 theme and opening in Korean. Best heard yet, allegedly now pumping 250 kW our way over a path barely viable at midsummer. Meanwhile, VOK from the North is better as usual on 25m, 11710 S7-S9 but louder, also finishing English hour with typical triumphant music; and similar on 11735 weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. Shortwave Antennas for Kuwait - Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=06a728b4a86a22442fa2986a29857e71&tab=core&_cview=1 Director, Office of Contracts logo Solicitation Number: 951700-19-R-0023 Agency: U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Office: Director, Office of Contracts Location: Office of Contracts (CON) * Original Synopsis Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Jun 14, 2019 2:06 pm * Changed Jul 12, 2019 9:37 am Synopsis: Added: Jun 14, 2019 2:06 pm Modified: Jul 12, 2019 9:34 amTrack Changes UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA (USAGM) KUWAIT TRANSMITTING STATION SHORT WAVE ANTENNA EXPANSION PROJECT PURPOSE: The purpose of this requirement is for a Contractor to design, construct and test additional short wave (SW) antenna systems at the radio transmitting station for the International Broadcasting Bureau (USAGM) in Kuwait. BACKGROUND: The USAGM operates and maintains the USAGM Kuwait Transmitting Station in Kuwait. As part of network improvement, the USAGM seeks to expanded capability to serve the African continent with SW transmissions. The existing station is located on nearly 2,223 acres at Umm Al-Rimam on the road to Abdaly which is about 40 kilometers northwest of the Kuwait City center. The approximate location of the site is 29DEG, 31' N and 47DEG 40' E. The expansion will result in operational transmitting station facilities, antennas, baluns, field switches, and connection to GF switch matrix, transmission lines, and other items as specified in the SOW. OVERVIEW: This will be a firm fixed-price contract for the Contractor to design, furnish, fabricate, construct, install, test and deliver the facilities, antennas, field switches, balanced open wire transmission line, coaxial transmission line, and other items as specified or required for the USAGM Kuwait Transmitting Station SW Antenna Expansion Project. Site Visit The Government has scheduled a site visit at the USAGM Transmitting Station, Umm AL-Riman Abdaly Road 80, Kuwait for Monday August 5 and Tuesday August 6, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. Kuwait Time. The address to begin the site visit is: the USAGM Transmitting Station, Umm AL-Riman Abdaly Road 80, Kuwait. The purpose of the site visit is to provide the contractor insight into the job requirements and a guided tour to present a representation of the antenna site. Firms are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after award. Potential Offerors who plan to attend the site visit shall provide name and positional title, telephone number, as well as the Company Name and Address, of ALL attendees to David Wallace at dwallace@usagm.gov, no later than July 22, 2019 at 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time. The Site Visit attendance is limited to a maximum of three (3) persons per Contractor. Potential Offerors shall provide, copies of their Kuwait Civil Id's, or Passport Bio Page and vehicle information two weeks prior to the visit. Offerors shall also indicate which day they plan to attend. Individual or group questions will NOT be answered during the site visit. Potential Offerors may submit questions pertaining to the site visit to the Office of Acquisition no later than August 12, 2019 at 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time to David Wallace via email at dwallace@usagm.gov. The Government will respond to any written questions, as appropriate, by posting a Solicitation amendment. NOTE: Remarks and explanations made by Government representatives during the course of the site visit, whether orally or in writing, shall not change or qualify any of the terms or conditions of the Kuwait Antenna Expansion Project Solicitation. The Solicitation can only be changed by a formal, written revision issued by the Contracting Officer. ALL CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL MUST USE THE MAIN ACCESS RAOD ENTRANCE ONLY! DUE TO SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SITE VISIT ATTENDEES ARRIVE EARLY. Please consult the list of document viewers if you cannot open a file. RFP (via Mike Cooper, July 18, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) ** KUWAIT. Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait in DRM mode, July 18: 0500-0800 on 11969.8 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-in-drm.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. The new TWR Silk Road project took to the air on 612 kHz last month. Schedule here: https://www.twr.org/news/twr-reopens-route-reach-millions-christ-silk-road/ (Steve Whitt, MWN Editor, July 17, MWC iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) Hello Steve, Thanks for info. Bishkek Kyrgyzstan is UT+6. Looking at schedule, 1600-1630 UT looks to be our best bet here in UK, Oct/Nov? Best wishes & 73s (Barry :-) Carlisle UK. Lat. 55.0119N Lon. 2.9668W, Davies, ibid.) On June 1 a test broadcast began on new transmitter 612 (Central Asia) referred to in the press as "Silk Road". Following plans for the transmitter: 0000 to 1200 the national PX "Kyrgyz Radio". 1200 to 1355 – a pause. 1357 – call sign Transmitter Radio (TWR). 1400 to 1630 – TWR program in different languages in Central Asia. Omnidirectional antenna (Vasily Gulyaev, mediumwave.info 11/6-2019) (via DXWW II, IRCA DX Monitor July 20, published July 16, via DXLD) (Could it be the 612 from Bishkek?/Ydun Ritz, ed., ibid.) Similar 612 reception on Kazakhstan and Novosibirsk KiwiSDR receivers 6 July 1555-1630, TWR IS 1600, programs in UnID languages, off at 1630 after TWR IS. Nothing noted after that. TWR website lists programs on 612 1357-1630 in Kazakh, Kirghiz, Russian and Uzbek (Bruce Portzer, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1991) Biblical Programs for Silk Road: TWR’s new Silk Road Transmitter debuted at 10 am US Eastern Daylight Time (1400 UT. bp) on June 10, 2019, bringing the gospel to millions across the largely unreached region of the vast steppes and mountain ranges of Central Asia. The stronger Silk Road signal covers large portions of six countries – the core area comprising Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The five languages broadcast over the transmitter are spoken by people groups mostly classified as unreached by the gospel. In addition to the in-depth study of Thru the Bible and the Scripture readings and explanations of Radio Bible Project, Silk Road broadcasts include programs such as House Church, Power in Persecution and The Christian Home. Another powerful program is The Way of Righteousness, which has been highly effective at introducing the gospel to Muslim listeners from the perspective of their own faith. Installation of the transmitter was completed this spring after more than 1,700 supporters of TWR provided the $593,000 cost of the project. From TWR Website https://donate.twr.org/category/featured-projects/biblical-programs-for-silk-road Frequency and transmitter site aren’t mentioned but this is apparently the station being reported on 612 (Bruce Portzer. DXWW II, IRCA DX Monitor July 20, published July 16, via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) ** KYRGYZSTAN. Now you can check KGZ alone [on 4820v] until 1230, as Lhasa is off due to maintenance: http://sdr.71036.kz:8073/?f=4820.00amz14 73, (Mauno Ritola, July 16, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) no connexion when I try later (gh) ** LIBERIA. 6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, 2119-2127, 13-07, English, religious comments. 24322. Also 0630-0641, 15-07, religious comments, English. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 5009.9, Radio Nasionaly Malagasy, Ambohidrano, 2020-2040, 13-07, vernacular comments. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) In NAm, our chance is circa 0200-0300 whenever it start, off-frequency minus JBA carrier unlike WRMI before 0100 (gh, DXLD) ** MALI. 5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0555-0610, 11-07, African songs, at 0501 tuning music, French, ID “Vous ecoutez L’Office de Radiodiffusion Television du Mali, emettant de Bamako...”, program “ORTM Matin”, African songs and comments in vernacular. 35433. Also 1855-1930, 13-07, Saturday English program from 1855 to 1908, news about Mali and other African countries, “The Mali electricity...”, “Radio Mali”, “Thank you... Good bye”, at 1908 African songs and comments in French. 44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) 5995, Mali in English now, 1855, 13-07 Sat (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) ** MALI. 13630, China Radio Int’l; 2111-2121+, 7/11; Usual chit- chatty M&W in English on urban “renovation” in China (Somebody’s going to have to move.) (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very good signal of CRI via Bamako, July 12 1700-1757 on 13645 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Swahili 1700-1757 on 15125 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Swahili 1800-1827 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to WCAf Hausa 1800-1827 on 13645 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to WeAf Hausa 1830-1927 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf Arabic 1830-1927 on 13685 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Arabic 1930-1957 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Portuguese 1930-1957 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Portuguese 2000-2127 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf English 2000-2127 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf English 2130-2227 on 11975 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to WeAf French 2130-2227 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf French NOTE: No signal 1300-1357 French on 13685 & 17880 WeAf No signal 1400-1557 English on 13685 SoAf & 17630 CeAf https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/very-good-signal-of-china-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of China Radio International via Bamako July 16: 1400-1557 13685 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg SoAf English, QRM CRI on 13680 1400-1557 17630 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg CeAf English, very good signal 1600-1657 15125 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg CEAf Arabic, very good signal 1600-1657 17880 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg NEAf Arabic, fair/good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-china-radio-international.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of China Radio International CRI, Bamako July 17: 1300-1357 13685 100 kW / 111 deg WeAf French, weak/fair/good signal 1300-1357 17880 100 kW / 111 deg WeAf French, strong co-ch on same: till 1330 17880 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Dari R Free Afghanistan & 1330-1400 17880 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto R Free Afghanistan https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-china-radio-international_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Checked North & Latin America outlets in 07-09 UT slot in Cape Canaveral FL and Edmonton Alberta Canada on July 14. Came across 7295even kHz, on the highest America ITU zone Amateur Radio channel (7 MHz up to 7299.999 kHz range) noted CRI Bamako relay Hausa outlet scheduled daily 0800-08.57 UT, S=7 or -85dBm signal in Cape Canaveral FL. 0800-0857 UT 7295 kHz BKO 100 kW non-dir to WeAF in Hausa (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 14, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 590, XEPH, Sabrosita 590, México, CDMX 1050 June 15, 2019. Usual tropical vocals, man and woman jocks, semi-truncated vocal anthem from 1056, long band-backed singing station promo, female ID 1101 with calls, slogan, 50 mil watts de potencia, música tropical mention. Local level. 660 XEDTL Radio Ciudadana also in well same time. Mexicans drop like a rock here vs. Clearwater, FL, where the open water path keeps some of the stronger ones in 45+ minutes after local sunrise (Terry Krueger, All times/dates GMT, Niceville, British West Florida, ICF-7600GR, Sangean PR-D5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 580 ** MEXICO [and non]. KAPLAN WANTS MIGHTY 1090 BACK ON AIR BY AUGUST 1 https://barrettsportsmedia.com/2019/06/18/kaplans-wants-mighty-1090-back-on-air-by-august-1/ “Kaplan and the Bichara family enjoyed their time together during their meetings and both sides are hopeful a partnership can work.” By Brandon Contes/June 18 2019 An inspired Scott Kaplan returned to The Scott and BR Show on Monday after meeting with the owner of San Diego’s 1090 AM frequency. In April, longtime San Diego sports radio leader, The Mighty 1090 went dark following a financial dispute between the station’s operator, Broadcast Company of the Americas and owner of the 1090 transmitter, Andres Bichara. Last week, Kaplan flew to Monterrey, Mexico in hopes of building a relationship with the Bichara family, to create a partnership and reincarnate The Mighty 1090. “It was much more about me going to the Bichara family and making it very clear, I’m not the guy who was part of the previous regime that made you feel like you got screwed over in business,” Kaplan said during Monday’s episode of Scott and BR. “I have nothing to do with those people, I got screwed over too.”Since The Mighty 1090 went dark in April, Kaplan has continued to broadcast The Scott and BR Show live on YouTube and TuneIn every weekday at 3pm PT. The outlook for bringing The Mighty 1090 back to the airwaves seems like a difficult task, but one that Kaplan believes will happen. “My goal is to have us on the air August 1st, I explained to everybody, you can’t lose football season, we have to be on-air for football season.” Kaplan and the Bichara family enjoyed their time together during their meetings and both sides are hopeful a partnership can work. The Bichara family has owned and operated numerous radio stations since their grandfather began purchasing them in the mid-1900’s. Leasing a radio station, as they did with 1090 to Broadcast Company of the Americas, was a rare occurrence, the Bichara family is used to operating the stations they own themselves. This time around, Kaplan hopes The Mighty 1090 can eliminate the middleman and partner directly with ownership. “Innovative professional people who are making money in the radio industry, not necessarily in San Diego or LA, they’re doing it in Laredo, Texas or Monterrey Mexico, I bet they’d bring an awful lot to the table when it comes to partnership, consulting, ideas and innovation, you want to be in business with guys like that,” Kaplan said regarding a future working with the Bichara family. During their meetings, Kaplan explained the 1090 AM transmitter would need to be surrounded with digital aspects to be successful, which Andres Bichara agreed. The two sides wrote down numbers on paper and discussed the costs of running a radio station, with the next step being for Kaplan to project the expenses and sales of operating 1090. The August 1st date of re-launching The Mighty 1090 sounds like a lofty goal, but Kaplan explained they’re “under the gun.” All of 1090’s broadcast equipment is still in their old studios. With rent being due to the landlord, they either need to figure out a partnership with the Bichara family to start paying station expenses or remove all equipment which would incur an additional cost. The quickest solution would be for Kaplan to come up with a plan that sees the Bichara family agree to operating The Mighty 1090 so that rent could be paid and broadcast equipment can stay where it is. Both Kaplan and the Bichara’s want a partnership to ensue; now it’s about the numbers making sense for both sides. “There’s a potential relationship here that we might be able to do more things together than just this first radio deal, but let’s get this thing done first,” Kaplan said. If Kaplan is able to strike a deal to resuscitate 1090, he has confirmed thru Twitter that the station will drop the Mighty 1090 name in favor of Team 1090. Brandon Contes is a freelance writer for BSM. He can be found on Twitter @BrandonContes. (Barretts Sports Media dated 6/23/19: regarding 1090 XEPRS, via Richard Evans, via Phil Bytheway, IRCA DX Monitor July 20, published July 16, via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) ** MEXICO. Estimado Sr. Hauser: El 14 de julio entre la 0425 y 0430 UT capté a XEACH-AM, 770 kHz, Radio Fórmula Monterrey en Mérida, Yucatán con mi radio Sony ICF-C414. https://youtu.be/sGV6JynAHfs Atte.: (Ing. Israel González Ahumada, M.I., DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185, R Educacion; Spanish talx & RE [??] ID into YL/OM announcer back & forth & music show at BoH. 3+5443+ near perfect but for the slight static. They were reported as off a couple weeks ago, but they sounded as good as ever tonight. 0120-0135 6/Jul (Ken Zichi, Port Hope MI2, SDRplay + SDRuno + rwire + FLDigi for the digital bits, MARE Tipsheet 12 July via DXLD) 6185: I’ve seen several posts on here recently regarding Radio Educacion Mexico. I am glad to see they are still on, I haven’t heard their signal in a long time. Tuned in tonight at 0258Z and there they are with a great signal here in south central Kentucky. Easy listening music in Spanish. SINPO 44434 (Mike Newland, Morgantown KY, July 12, WOR iog via DXLD) Absolutely! Very nice signal into Victoria, BC at 0409 UT with EZL music. Definitely better signal than in the past. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) I heard part of a radio drama in Spanish from them at 0500 UT on July 11. SIO of 453 here in Oklahoma City (James Branum, KG5JST, July 12, Some of my rx logs can be found at – blog.jmb.mx, ibid.) 6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0352-0505*, 13-07, songs, at 0400 Spanish, news, Mexican and international news, program “Pulso de la Mañana”, at 0436 ID, songs and close. QRM on 6180 from 0400 to 0459. 32422. Also 0457-0501*, 14-07, Cuban songs. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MEXICO. MEXICAN FORMATS - PLANETA, ÉXTASIS DIGITAL From a Mexican Facebook page for radio history enthusiasts. This source has been quite accurate in the past. (Not just the formats, but whether or not an AM that is migrating to FM is still active on AM). Actualización de las estaciones de Planeta del Grupo Radio Centro – Julio 7, 2019 Plazas Actuales (current affiliates) XHDK 94.7 - Guadalajara, Jalisco XHORF 99.7 - Los Mochis, Sinaloa XHRRF 88.5 - Mérida, Yucatán XHKC 100.9 / XEKC 1460 - Oaxaca, Oaxaca XHRCA 102.7 / XERCA 920 - Torreón, Coahuila Plazas Desaparecidas (former affiliates) XHEPR 99.1 - Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (Ahora Stereo Vida, Se desincorporó del grupo) XHEM 103.5 - Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (Ahora La Z) XHIM 105.1 - Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (Ahora Madre 105.1, Se desincorporó del grupo) XHPNK 103.5 - Los Mochis, Sinaloa (Ahora Radio Variedades) XHMF 104.5 - Monterrey, Nuevo León (Ahora Alfa 104.5) Estaciones de Éxtasis Digital del Grupo Radiorama - Julio 13, 2019 Plazas Actuales (current affiliates) XEUR 1530 - Ciudad de México XHASM 107.7 - Cuernavaca, Morelos XHQJ 105.9 - Guadalajara, Jalisco XHRE 105.5 - Piedras Negras, Coahuila XHPR 102.7 / XEPR 1020 - Poza Rica, Veracruz XHTAK 103.5 - Tapachula, Chiapas XHEPIC 98.5 - Tepic, Nayarit XHERS 104.3 - Torreón, Coahuila XHTUG 103.5 - Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas KXPL 1060 - El Paso, Texas Plazas Desaparecidas (former affiliates) XHKOK 107.5 - Acapulco, Guerrero (Ahora Vida Romántica) XHAF 99.5 - Celaya, Guanajuato (Ahora @FM) XEBZ 1580 - Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua (Ahora Los 40 en 100.5 FM) XHOBS 92.1 - Ciudad Obregón, Sonora (Ahora @FM) XHEFO 92.5 - Chihuahua, Chihuahua (Ahora Súper) XHCSI 89.5 / XECSI 750 - Culiacán, Sinaloa (Ahora Romántica) XHTB 93.3 - Cuernavaca, Morelos (Ahora @FM) XHEVE 93.3 - Colima, Colima (Ahora La Más Picuda) XHGTO 95.9 / XEGTO 590 - Guanajuato, Guanajuato (Ahora Hits FM de Multimedios Radio) XHESON 88.9 - Hermosillo, Sonora (Ahora Toño de Grupo Larsa Comunicaciones) XHVLO 101.5 - León, Guanajuato (Ahora Love FM) XHEMOS 94.1 - Los Mochis, Sinaloa (Ahora Pop Love FM de Grupo Promomedios) XHVU 97.1 - Mazatlán, Sinaloa (Ahora Magia Digital de MegaRadio) XHFIL 88.9 - Mazatlán, Sinaloa (Ahora Switch FM de MegaRadio) XEZF 850 - Mexicali, Baja California (Ahora Buenísima) XEHG 1370 - Mexicali, Baja California (Ahora Vida) XEXW 1300 - Nogales, Sonora (Cambió a La Bestia Grupera, Ahora La Más Chingona de Grupo Larsa Comunicaciones) XHNK 99.3 - Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas (Ahora Los 40) XHSB 94.9 - Parral, Chihuahua (Ahora @FM) XEZAR 920 - Puebla, Puebla (Ahora @FM en el 96.1 FM) XETOT 1190 - Tampico, Tamaulipas (Ahora ABC Radio en el 89.3 FM) XETJ 570 - Torreón, Coahuila (Ahora @FM en el 94.7 FM) XHBY 96.7 - Tuxpan, Veracruz (Ahora Radio Lobo) XERPR 1070 - Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas (Cambió a Oye, Ahora Oreja en el 88.3 FM) 73 (Tim Hall, CA, July 16, ABDX yg via DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- A bunch of new stations have hit the air lately: XHGNK-FM Nuevo Laredo: The final migrant for the two Laredos is on the air. And there's nothing like having a DXer come to me with an unID clip and falling out of my chair almost because it's a station that is being confirmed on air for the first time. XHGNK is Radiorama/Pergom and is "La Ranchera Norteña 1370". You heard right, they were still using AM-only IDs! My guess is they just came to air or might be still testing. No matter, they were heard by Andy Bolin in Carbondale, IL! The Ranchera/Rancherita war is on equal footing again — XHGNK is La Ranchera, XHENU (Grupo AS) is La Rancherita. Confused? XHPSFC-FM Campeche: The first Radio Centro IFT-4 on test! They were caught testing earlier this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ffilI6gGs No clue as to the final format. XHPSFC-FM will come from the NCS transmitter facilities and is a Class B1. Perhaps next skip season it'll be a new target? XHSCBU-FM Xalatlaco Mex.: One of two community stations confirmed on air. It's "Fantasía Radio", an ex-106.5 pirate. Turns out that's a pirate on the same frequency in the same place. Yike. XHSCBZ-FM Santiago de Anaya Hgo.: Here's the other. It began testing June 1. In other news... There's also a curious format flip afoot. XHRE-FM/Coahuila left Exa FM after a 14-year run at the end of May, https://www.facebook.com/EXAPiedras/videos/484565415627195/ and it seems it did so because of a change in operator. It's moving in with Radiorama Piedras Negras and flipping to—wait, Éxtasis Digital? https://www.facebook.com/omar.tourbeat/posts/10219473493849411 Yup, Éxtasis Digital, Guanajuato-style, on the border! The programmers behind it when it was in Celaya and León have moved up https://www.facebook.com/miguelangelperezgarcia1972/posts/10217395119784222 to Piedras Negras https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156801406902772&set=a.10151006942852772&type=3&theater and will be giving the format to the dean of Piedras Negras FMs. (Just look at all the reactions on that last photo!) And the Rafael Ramírez National Federation of Revolutionary Students says some people claiming to be part of their group...were too revolutionary https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2500093593388516&id=919254824805742&sfnsn=xwmo when they took over Puebla's Cinco Radio and had Javier López Díaz read a message critical of the rector of the BUAP. The regional head of the organization said that their tactics were not nonviolent and denied any connection to the group that blocked off access to their studios. Last edited by Raymie; 07-14-2019 at 06:14 PM. Reason: Information from ORC on XHSCBU-FM not being Fantasía Radio (Raymie Humbert, Phœnnx AZ, July 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) I suspected as much, and it's official. Pedro Ferriz de Con and Central FM come to XHFO on August 1. https://www.facebook.com/PedroFerrizC/photos/p.2312370522192332/2312370522192332/ We're also getting, for the first time, the name of the post-GRC XHFO. It will be known as "XFM 92.1" (Raymie, July 15, ibid.) Breaking News: Televisa Radio Partially Sold Televisa has sold its 50% stake in its radio business to a consortium of Miguel Alemán Magnani and multimedia group Gato Grande Productions, known as Corporativo Coral, according to El Economista. https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/Miguel-Aleman-Magnani-compra-Radiopolis-a-Televisa-20190717-0092.html After nearly 89 years, the company started in radio in 1930 is exiting the business. Televisa will receive 1.248 billion pesos for the 17 radio stations and a special dividend of an additional 200 million pesos, according to its press release announcing the sale. https://twitter.com/EnFrecuencia/status/1151596742204280832 Here are some fast facts about the buyers: Miguel Alemán Magnani Magnani is a 53-year-old entrepreneur and the founder and executive president of ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V. (better known as Interjet), a major domestic low-cost airline. He is also the president of Grupo Alemán (GALEM) with telecommunications and energy interests. His grandfather, Miguel Alemán Valdes, was the president of Mexico from 1946 to 1952; his father, Miguel Alemán Velasco, is a former Governor of Veracruz. Both Alemán Velasco and Alemán Magnani have histories inside Televisa—Alemán Velasco once sat on the board of directors. Gato Grande Productions Gato Grande is actually another Alemán holding, at least in part. It is a joint venture between Alemán, Antonio Cué, and MGM. https://deadline.com/2016/11/luis-miguel-tv-series-mgm-gato-grande-productions-1201857958/ Gato Grande has been most notable for producing a TV series depicting the life of singer Luis Miguel—seemingly its only creative output so far. Last edited by Raymie; 07-17-2019 at 04:24 PM (Raymie, July 17, ibid.) ACIR and Radiorama: Too Much Power One of the several actions that the IFT took in its June 19 meeting that was shrouded behind a file number had to do with an investigation, from the IFT's Investigative Authority (AI). (There's also something else hidden behind a fairly routine title, which I will explain in another post.) After three years of research, the AI had concluded that the sale of 13 radio stations from one national radio group to another might have diminished competition. https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/IFT-halla-indicios-de-13-concentraciones-ilicitas-en-radio-local-y-regional-20190716-0081.html The resolution http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/vppift050619314.pdf is quite redacted, but there are two remaining clues that help to tell us who's involved, and which stations might have been trip wires. It states that in the XVI Sesión Ordinaria of August 12, 2015, there were 10 concession transfers of interest, and three more were approved by the IFT in its XXII Sesión Ordinaria, on October 14 of the same year. In those two sessions, the Pleno approved 18 and 8 concession transfers, respectively. However, the 10 and 3 figures match the number of transfers that involved Radio Integral, S.A. de C.V.—once upon a time, the consolidated concessionaire for Grupo ACIR. Listed below is each station with its current concessionaire. XVI Ordinaria XHENI-FM: Radio Uruapan, S.A. de C.V. XHESON-FM: Radiodifusora de Hermosillo, S.A. de C.V. XHLDC-FM: Radio XHLDC Sonora, S.A. de C.V. XHRCL-FM: Radio Rocola, S.A. de C.V. XHEBC-FM: EBC Radio, S.A. de C.V. XHAT-FM: XHAT, S.A. de C.V. XHEVE-FM: XEVE, S.A. de C.V. XHPPO-FM: XHPPO, S.A. de C.V. XHSIC-FM: XHSIC, S.A. de C.V. XHWS-FM: XHWS, S.A. de C.V. XXII Ordinaria XHY-FM: XHEY, S.A. de C.V. [sic] XHEPR-FM: XHEPR de Ciudad Juárez, S.A. de C.V. XHCNE-FM: Radio Cananea, S.A. de C.V. With that list published, we can get a sense of what happened. The other party is, very obviously, Radiorama—though the operations of these 13 stations are not commonly run at this time. (All three family RR components show up at least once; three Larsa stations are in here; and Corporación Bajío Comunicaciones currently operates XHY-FM. Even the two stations in the same city, XHEBC and XHAT, are not stablemates.) Worth noting is that the concession transfers formalized what had already happened years ago, https://twitter.com/Exbloguero/status/1149766597369913353 when ACIR exited a lot of markets (and shed almost all of its holdings in Sonora, a state it once dominated.) Two station transfers in particular seemed to get the IFT's notice more than others in terms of causing overconcentration, but it's not clear which two did. The case now goes to the Economic Competition Unit for its proceedings; the UCE will summon the responsible parties (Raymie, July 17, ibid.) San Fernando, Sin FM Legal San Fernando enters the dark age of broadcasting On September 5, 2018, I reported that XHSFT-FM San Fernando, Tamaulipas, was listed as expired by the IFT. The IFT’s continuity study late last year found that San Fernando was the third-largest locality in the country without any licensed FM radio service—or at least, it would be when that station went off the air. That has come to pass. Sometime last month, XHSFT-FM, the first and oldest station in San Fernando, passed into the annals of history after more than 30 years of operation. Local media have not had much to offer as to why this happened, though it’s been brewing for three and a half years, since the concession actually expired on November 6, 2015. The following is an article from Periodismo Sin Fronteras, http://periodismosinfronteras.online/ a local news portal, which I’m reprinting because the site does not save its own news articles. I tried to contact the site but was unable to get a timely reply in time: DUERME LA PODEROSA DE SAN FERNANDO Por Cirilo Mújica Aunque nos duela decirlo pero vamos de mal en peor en nuestra querida ciudad San Fernando, Tamaulipas en donde la única estación de radio dejó de realizar transmisiones quedando miles de familias sin éste que era uno de los más importantes medios de comunicación y prácticamente el único enlace de la ciudad con casi todo Tamaulipas y sin uno de sus programas más escuchados como lo era sin duda alguna el noticiero.… El cierre de las transmisiones se da en medio de muchas especulaciones por parte de la comunidad y de algunos medios informativos, que si por una demanda de Chuy Galván, que si por delitos electorales, que si por que se acabaron los convenios con el gobierno, que si por deudas con varias compañías prestadoras de servicios, que si por que el cambio climático, en fin el asunto es que la empresa radiofónica dejó de transmitir después de casi tres décadas de permanecer al aire…. Lo mismo padeció la población cuando al igual que la estación de radio La Poderosa; el Real Cinema cerró sus puertas de manera definitiva dejando a la gente sin la única diversión sana con la que contaban las familias no solo de la cuidad sino también de los ejidos y campos pesqueros que al menos una vez a la semana acudían al cine a disfrutar un rato de esparcimiento…. Lo mismo ocurrió con varios centros de ”recreación” que operaban por la calle Abasolo y que de pronto también cerraron sus puertas dejando a un sector de la comunidad (varones) sin esa sana diversión que iniciaba desde temprana hora en este ya famoso sector de la ciudad que de pronto volvió a verse relativamente abandonado…. Pues vamos a ver qué resulta con las transmisiones de La Poderosa, posiblemente algún inversionista con más solvencia tome las riendas de este negocio o simplemente logre otra concesión si esto es posible dentro de las reglas de la secretaria relacionada con este tipo de medios. ——— The article reprinted above is, above all, a lament that San Fernando has lost its only radio station, a major news source, and “practically the only link between the city and the rest of Tamaulipas”. Apparently, there are quite a few rumors about why this station closed, ranging from debts to service providers to the end of government advertising agreements to climate change (!?) to electoral law violations and a lawsuit from a local businessman. (The financial problems might explain not paying a renewal, but they’d have to run several years.) The article adds the loss of XESFT-XHSFT, which was a continuity-obligated AM, to the closure of the town’s movie theater and the closure of various “recreation” centers. How We Got Here The history of broadcasting in San Fernando might as well be cursed. It begins with the award of XESFT’s original concession to Arnoldo Rodríguez Zermeño, who built the station and signed it on November 9, 1988. The station was sold in 1997 and again in 2000, to Radio Tauro, S.A. de C.V., whose owners are Raúl Gregorio Garza Salazar and Raúl Garza Acosta. San Fernando’s first FM station was awarded on November 23, 1994, to Comercial Libertas, S.A. de C.V. Originally awarded as XHSAF-FM 100.9, the station changed its call letters, frequency and station class to become 100 kW XHRV-FM (presumably a nod to the owner of Libertas, Teodoro Rentería Villa). But in 2006, XHRV fled for greener, and more populated, pastures. It moved its transmitter 50 km north to Valle Hermoso, Tamps., where it operates today into the Reynosa-Matamoros market. Its Longley-Rice map no longer includes San Fernando. The call letters and frequency were recycled for a Radio Tamaulipas repeater that might only have operated a few years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but alas, that failed too. XHSFT was cleared to migrate to FM in 2011, on the 103.7 frequency which the FCC lists as a Class C assignment (though, XHSFT-FM was capped at Class AA, with an initial ERP of 6 kW). But its road ended last month. The Way Forward The municipality of San Fernando has had to turn to a Christian pirate known as Radio Jerusalén on 98.3 FM, to advertise its social programs. https://cntamaulipas.mx/2019/07/11/cierra-en-san-fernando-unica-radiodifusora-gobierno-se-anuncia-con-la-comunidad-cristiana/ And that’s not even the only Christian pirate in town. Up the dial on 99.1 FM is Radio Bethesda. And the chances of new, licensed radio service are slim in the near future. San Fernando has never been on a PABF for FM radio in the five years that the IFT has issued its annual programs. There are no pending applications of any variety to serve the town. The quickest way to file would be for a community station—since a filing for a community station can be made in any social window even when the locality is not in a PABF. There would be room for multiple new stations in San Fernando. According to the FCC’s list of Mexican radio station allotments, San Fernando has 88.1, 91.7, 92.5 and 94.1 Class A frequencies, 100.9 B, and 103.7 C. (Assuming Class A, Jerusalén on 98.3 is short-spaced to Class C KGBT-FM at La Feria, TX, by about 11 km; 99.1 is a feasible allotment, it seems.) So if someone wants to get a community station for San Fernando, they might as well start preparing now in order to be able to put in an application during the second window, which runs from September 30 to October 11. [tagline:] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa (Raymie, July 18, ibid.) ** NIGERIA. 11769.9, Voice of Nigeria (presumed); 2002, 7/9; VoN reported here recently; only mumblage – no copy. Hausa reported at this hour. +++ [same], 1755-1800+, 7/10; carrier with barest hint of audio; English listed +++ 1910, 7/11; Audio well under QRN; French listed & could be that (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7254.940 kHz, Voice of Nigeria Abuja, at 0726 UT on July 12, in French language, S=7 or -82dBm signal heard in remote SDR at Cape Canaveral FL state [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz](Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 12, WOR iog via DXLD) 7254.94, July 15 at 0551, VON with a ballad in English, ``I`m not afraid ---`` something, segment repeating at 0554, 0556 after pauses; 0557.5 cut to usual drumming and flutish IS, S9+20/30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [and non]. Fair signal of Voice of Nigeria July 16: from 1630 11769.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg NoAf English, plus co-ch same time 11770.0 URU 050 kW / 230 deg EaAs Chinese PBS Xinjiang https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/fair-signal-of-voice-of-nigeria-in-25mb.html Reception of Voice of Nigeria in 41mb on July 17: from 0600 on 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa, weak https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-voice-of-nigeria-in-41mb.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. YHWH: 7470/AM, 0354, 7/10; Very weak, but recognizable voice of “lovable” Josiah (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7470, UNITED STATES ("Pirate"), YHWH at 0410. Sitting on the frequency, "Josiah" comes up on the channel in mid-sentence at 0410 with Fair signal that quickly climbed right up to S-9, but started having transmitter problems within a cupla minutes - Very Good July 10. 7470, UNITED STATES (Pirate), YHWH at 0340. In progress at tune-in. Numerous frequency checks yielded nothing until 0340, so IdK exactly what time he came on (tho sometimes the station comes on mid-sentence at odd times, i.e. not on the hour, the half or quarter). Railing against the Crusades, Christians, "toxic psycho war pigs". Steady S-9 signal when monitored with Grundig Satellit 205, outdoor longwire. Noted at 0413, station hammered by OTHR blasts briefly. Days of Hard Life/Lace at 0440, final comments, "Good night folks, I love you" and off - Very Good July 11 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000) & 750; RS SW-2000629 wiith various outdoor wires, Zenith Royal T.O. 7000. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) As usual, when YHWH is on, I can see the carrier in the waterfall of my SDR in upstate NY, but can’t hear any audio in AM mode. If I listen in USB or LSB, I can hear an occasional word or syllable, but not enough to ID. It appears that of the various western SDRs in the Kiwi network, the one located in Prescott Valley, Arizona, almost always has good audio when YHWH is on, as do the ones near Denver. I don’t think YHWH is located near either SDR - just the effects of propagation. I often run WSPR on various ham bands using a 5 watt QRP transmitter feeding an inverted V dipole. At night, on 40 meters in particular, there appears to be a propagation “hot spot”, where my transmissions are consistently decoded with very strong SNR readings in northern Alabama and Georgia - while receivers located much closer to my QTH in New York receive the transmissions with much weaker SNRs. Many listeners have noted that Josiah’s program often appears or cuts off suddenly mid-sentence. I’m wondering if he might be operating his transmitter from a remote location on a timer. It would be one way of avoiding liability if the FCC tracks it down again. If there is nobody physically present at the transmitter site, it might be difficult to issue a violation against an operator who is not actually there. Just a thought... With the recent debut of WLC on WBCQ, which also emphasizes the Hebrew Tetragrammaton, I’ve begin thinking of the two stations as “Yahweh West” and “Yahweh East”. (Jim Barrett, Elmira, July 13, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) Hebrew Tetragrammaton --- And, it bears repeating, that this is the origin of YHWH's call letters (-- Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) Propagation from YHWH is ALWAYS acting like his transmitter is "too close" (i.e. in my "skip (over) zone") to my southern Owens Valley QTH in Keeler, Calif. 15 km south-east of Lone Pine. Strong on Kiwi SDRs over perhaps 500 km or more from my QTH, most of the time I only hear a "wavery-backscatter" signal and rarely some short skip - like Es - that when in is very unstable and trends into complete fade-out here before he cuts off the transmission. On the evening of 12 July here I noted some strong buzzing like "jammer" on the 7470 frequency which YHWH occupies frequently after about 0230 or 0300 UT to his switch-off ~0400 after the "...Hard Life" spooky tune is played. 73, (SPMcGreevy – N6NKS, July 13, WOR iog via DXLD) YHWH rides again 7/13 --- 7470, UNITED STATES, YHWH (pirate) 0310. In progress at Tune-in. Josiah with the usual anti-Christian religious monologue - Very Good June 13 (Rick Barton, AZ, WOR iog via DXLD) 7470, UNITED STATES, YHWH (pirate), 0310. In progress at Tune-in. S9+ on Grundig Satellit 205 and longwire. Josiah with the usual anti-Christian religious monologue. Left the room and returned to find station closed, apparently just before 0418 - Very Good July 13. Note: I am unable to report anything for July 14 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) YHWH: 7470/AM, 0320-0326+, 7/13; “Lovable” Josiah at QRN level, but definitely better than recent days – actually catch a word here & there (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7470-AM, YHWH (religious pirate), 0307-0420*, July 14. Decent reception and very readable, that is up till 0400, but after that went downhill quickly; playing the usual recorded message; 0401, ten commandments of Yahweh; 0417, normal strange sounding signature song. Jim Barrett is justified in thinking of this as “Yahweh West.” My decent audio at https://app.box.com/s/8xhoiharv1q5gvn2epx50k2kw4mzf3fu BTW - 9330, WBCQ, at 0421, on July 14; very good reception; announcers chatting about Yahweh, so indeed a “Yahweh East” broadcast (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) Ron, Also noted good reception earlier this morning on the SDRs in Scottsdale, AZ, Fort Collins, CO and at KPH north of San Francisco, which is my go-to online SDR to monitor many of the Asian stations that you and other west coast DXers log. I wish I could get enough audio here in New York to officially log YHWH at my own QTH, but no joy yet. The carrier I see in the waterfall is definitely him, as it’s appearance and disappearance exactly matches his sign-on and off as monitored on western Kiwis. The WLC folks apparently pronounce the name as “Yahushua”. Since Hebrew has no vowels, nobody can say for sure which variation would be correct, but in Jewish tradition, the name is never pronounced in any case. I believe if the Tetragrammaton is encountered in the reading of a Torah text, the reader will say “Adonai” (“Lord”), or “HaShem” which simply means “The Name”. Of course, both “Yahweh West” and “Yahweh East” believe that they (individually) are the only correct interpreters of the ancient texts, and that modern Judaism and (especially) Christianity are completely wrong in all regards. Personally, I’ll continue follow the Flying Spaghetti Monster. :) (Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY, July 14, WOR iog via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. Pirate activity on Bastille Day - July 14! 6950, Wolverine Radio at 0045Z onward with a show that seemed to be all blues and early rock and roll - 'all your cash ain't nothin' but trash' and similar. One loud ID between songs. Had a hard time tuning this one; no idea if it's just me, or if the frequency wasn't right on 6950. The secret word for tonight, per the HFU, was 'nothing'. Signal very good, loud once I got it. SIO 545. 6881, 0048Z, Mix Radio International playing a string of '80's hits frex [e.g.?]. Burnin' Down The House. Signal good, if again a little hard to tune in and now I know why. I was defaulting to 6880 and then tuning upward. Oops! SIO 444 (Carlie Forsythe, Madison WI, July 13-14, odxa iog via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, July 14 at 0035, pirate music, torchsong, S9+20 but about = the high local noise level; in sporadic chex, no ID caught, still 0100+. These say Wolverine Radio, keyword ``nothing`` https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,55968.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6879-USB, July 14 at 0037, piratemusic on odd frequency, slightly weaker S9 than 6950, and thus even worse vs noise level. These reports say Mix Radio International, earlier on 6876, 6877, 6878: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,55969.0.html At 0057 I find it has shifted to 6881-USB, but stops without announcement at 0100:25*; more reports including when on 6881: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,55966.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. Hi Glenn – Here’s a post that Svenn Martinsen added to the WRTH website on the 14th and that I shared on the Extreme Shortwave Listening Facebook page. Terry Colgan shared a post. July 14 at 8:54 PM Svenn Martinsen‎ to WRTH - World Radio Tv Handbook July 14 at 3:23 PM The Medium Wave service of Radio Northern Star on 1611 kHz 186 metres has a new and temporary summer schedule lasting until September 1st due to coming installation and tests of new equipment. The new schedule is partly identical to our Shortwave service on 5895 kHz meaning from today we commence our MW service at 1300 UT (one hour later on Sundays) and we will run until 0400 UT. Our other channels www.northernstar.cc, Radio Garden, TuneIn etc. are unaffected and will run 24/7 as before. We are always interested in reception reports; please write to 1000@northernstar.no or PO Box 100, N5331 RONG, Norway. For regular mail reply, please enclose $3 with your report. Don’t forget our other station The Ferry found at www.theferry.cc. And thanks for listening! Comments Daniel Henderson: I do believe they were audible on 15 July, but so weak no positive ID was heard on 5895 kHz. Terry Colgan: Wouldn't it be a hoot to hear them during the summer with all the atmospheric noise? Svenn Martinsen: We had a report from the Abruzzo region of Italy yesterday on 5895. Reception will improve towards late August in the Northern Hemisphere. Good luck in finding us! Regards and 73 tc (via Terry Colgan, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. Your OTD editor visited Norway recently. We are all told there is no FM broadcasting in Norway as all services have been transferred to DAB. This appears not to be strictly accurate as in several locations – Bergen, Stavanger and Oslo – there is some activity mainly in the top half of the band. As far as can be determined, these remaining FM stations are of a special interest type such as for students, or a particular music genre – one station called itself Latin so you can guess the type of broadcast. Of particular interest, whilst in Bergen on the west coast of Norway, ‘dead air’ was heard on 93.8 and then some twenty minutes later a programme in English which was all about amateur radio and, in particular, Jamboree on the Air. As JOTA is held in October every year, this appeared to be an old programme. The station is Foreningen Bergen Kringkaster and the RDS was BRG KRR. The operators of this station also broadcast on 1611 kHz (not in parallel with 93.8, and easily heard) and also on 5895 kHz (not heard in Bergen, but occasionally heard at home). (David Morris, ed., Open to Discussion, July BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 1230, July 15 at 0038 UT, Oh2, WBBZ Ponca City must be off again, no strong signal this long before sunset; or is that its carrier now with growing graveyard skywave? Yes, it is! Legal ID at ToH 0100 then back to dead air. Meanwhile I have been walking around the block with the PL-880 on this frequency trying to track source of high line noise level. It`s slightly CCW from N/S with a sharp null (which should be occupied by WBBZ), and little change from different sides, signifying it`s radiating from some distance away. 1230, WBBZ is back in business, S9+20 by 2225 check July 15 with rock music, ``Sunny 1230`` slogan. At least not ``Sunny 104.7`` this time (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1319.959, July 12 at 1220 UT, low audible het caused by KCLI Clinton always off-frequency, beating against something I really can`t null, probably KLWN Lawrence KS approx. opposite direxion. With both nulled I get some music, but I am really looking for KWHN Fort Smith AR which is news/talk, since the July/August MW News reported from UK: ``NORTH AMERICAN NEWS --- 1320 KWHN Fort Smith, AZ ]sic] – operating at reduced power (1 kW vs licensed 5 kW) from a longwire antenna due to flooding, also affecting 950 KFSA which is silent`` Just how much power can a longwire tolerate? I do not measure KCLI until 1543 UT when there is no confusing QRM. The MW Offset list shows relatively recent data, but no KWHN: http://mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1320 1319.9615 KCLI (Clinton, OK) 2018-01-23 1319.9947 KLWN (Lawrence, KS) 2018-01-23 i.e. 33.2 Hz apart, but KLWN off-frequency-minus itself by 5.3 Hz; while my measurement of KCLI puts it 41 Hz below exact 1320.000 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Formerly silent stations informing the FCC that they are back on the air: 950 KFSA AR Fort Smith – Silent May 26; on the air June 13. (AM Switch, NRC DX News July 23, published July 16, via DXLD) Never hear KFSA here anyway, direxional awayward; 950 dominated by KJRG Newton KS when it can slide by local 960 KGWA (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non?]. 1600, July 17 at 1321, KUSH Cushing local talkshow with ripple --- either CCI from an unstable transmitter or its own? Vietnamese from KRVA The Metroplex seems in background and would be the obvious spoiler, via high-end residual skywave almost a bihour after LSR; but never noticed any such problem from them before; recheck at 1354, now KUSH is clear. Other close 1600s are in AR, MO, KS and NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 88.3, WBFM, July 13 at 1902 UT, K202BY, Enid Family Radio satellator which has been open carrier for months (altho it got an STA to be ``off the air``), is now really totally off the air; in fact first noticed a couple days ago. Thus opens up a good Es FM DX channel, if the MUF will ever get up there! There are weak marginal signals from KOSR Stillwater, the local low-power fill-in when major KOSU 91.7 moved much closer to OKC; and some gospel huxter which I am concentrating on IDing. It fades way up and down but tropospherically over unstable hot path, rather than ionospherically. Bible reading is in progress, finally outro 1910 as Psalms 81-87, to be resumed tomorrow at 88 (only 10 minutes a day??), on ``Bible Broadcasting Network``, and into hymnstring. That clinches it as the station I suspected, next nearest from Wichita KS, KYFW, 17/17 kW, only 43m height, and with BBN as in WTFDA database. 89.1, Oasis Enid translator is still blocking a much more desirable Wichitan, KMUW public radio. 92.1, KAMG-LP Enid is still on with dead air after one day of modulation in May to prove it wasn`t totally dead. 88.3 free of K202BY also facilitates using 88.3 as RF feeder frequency for SW radio in the car or even home (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 34, July 12 at 1354 UT, KMYT-TV 41-1 Tulsa is intermittently decoding, as Hepburn tropo map forecast for 15 UT shows Enid in a fair/level 2 band, Tulsa in moderate/level 3. A number of other Bad VHF/UHF signals, such as somewhat decoding on RF 21, KUOT OKC at 1410; but I stick with this one exploring its subs: 41-1 is MyTV – no surprise 41-2 is GetTv 41-3 is GritTV 41-4 is HNI per PSIP, but H&I per bugs mostly in the LR corner; it stands for Heroes & Icons, a channel we don`t get from OKC. 1400 UT starting `High Chaparral`. Pro arte, I snap a number of DTV pixel breakups on 41-4, such as: http://www.w4uvh.net/KMYT1.jpg http://www.w4uvh.net/KMYT2.jpg http://www.w4uvh.net/KMYT3.jpg http://www.w4uvh.net/KMYT4.jpg (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4955, Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 2314-2320, 14-07, comments. Extremely weak, barely audible. 15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. Hi Glenn, re: ``1323 kHz clip has ID in German for Neumarkter Rundfunk and then in Hungarian as Sylvain said (Mauno Ritola, Finland, IRCA iog via DXLD) i.e. Romania`s ethnic minority service, 15 kW in Târgu Muru; but why ID that way in German? (gh, DXLD)`` It´s a local minority programme from Radio Târgu Mures. Neumarkt is the German name of the city of Târgu Mures and Marosvásárhely the Hungarian one. 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 6040, RRI at 2358 with IS to opening music at 0000 and a man with ID, target areas, web platforms, and satellite reception info an a with news at 0001 – Good with slight fading July 16 and 17 // 7375 was not heard. Considering // 11850 was missing for their 2030 transmission to Eastern North America, I wonder if RRI is trying to save money by cutting back on the transmitters used to broadcast to us? 13650, RRI at 2027 with IS to opening music at 2030 and a man with ID, target areas, web platforms, and satellite reception info and a man with news at 2031 – Fair with fading July 16 - // 11850 was not heard. See above logging for 6040 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S, Drake SPR-4, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD) and an Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee dipole, ODXA iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) Maybe, but could also be just temporary maintenance break. RRI should tell us exactly what is going on (gh, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. RUSSIA STUDIES DRM IN THE FM BAND Radio World By Marguerite Clark June 27, 2019 https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/digital-radio/russia-studies-drm-in-the-fm-band Russia will begin testing the Digital Radio Mondiale digital radio standard in the FM Band in July in St. Petersburg. Russian firms Digiton and Triada TV are working with Fraunhofer IIS, RFmondial, chipmaker NXP and others to carry out the pilot. The organizers will install a DRM-capable transmitter mid-July and begin regular simulcast broadcasts (DRM for FM) immediately after site acceptance checks are complete. The transmitter will reportedly be on air for six months and have an analog transmitting power of 5 kW and a digital output power of 800 W. This round of tests marks the next step in the country’s DRM experimentation and one which some consider to be the last phase before full adoption. In addition to featuring simulcast broadcasts, the new tests will also use a higher transmission power than the previous DRM trials in Russia, which took place in 2014 and 2015. DRM says the main purpose of this latest test is to “demonstrate the opportunities and advantages public and private broadcasters can derive from implementing the standard, as well as to showcase digital radio’s benefits for listeners.” (via Mike Terry, July 17, WOR iog via DXLD) If that happen, it can no longer be called the FM band, since, well, it will not be frequency modulation (gh, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Dismantling of the oldest radio tower in Novosibirsk on July 5, 2019. Video. https://vk.com/radioreceiver?z=video-163779953_456240070%2Fbeac80621766c193b2%2Fpl_wall_-163779953 https://vk.com/radioreceiver (via Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Antenna field of the Kuban Radio Center Photo and video on the phone. https://vk.com/video-3877182_456239579 (Andrey Molokov, St. Petersburg / https://vk.com/club3877182 via Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. See LANGUAGE LESSONS ** SCOTLAND [non]. Re 19-26: I looked up the origin of the word Tumbril (or Tumbrel) and find rather negative connotations: is this your little joke or were you unaware of this? ``A tumbrel is a two-wheeled cart or wagon typically designed to be hauled by a single horse or ox. Their original use was for agricultural work; in particular they were associated with carrying manure. Their most infamous use was taking prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution. Wikipedia Middle English (originally denoting a type of cucking-stool): from Old French tomberel, from tomber ‘to fall’.`` (gh, DXLD) Why 'Tumbril' ? Hi Glenn, Perverse sense of humour. Playful British self-deprecation. Acute awareness of the human condition. Radio Jollyname didn’t seem to cut it somehow. As ever, (Brice Avery, July 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Coincidentally, I am editing this just as a new Encore is playing on WBCQ, UT Monday July 22 at 0000 on 7490, but no point trying to listen to fine music on that in summer, rather webcast, even tho it`s mono. Altho he never put it on 500 kW 9330, AW had some nice comments about it, like the premiere classical music show on SW. Unfortunately, no current playlist on website, https://www.tumbril.co.uk/playlists still stuck at 30/6 like it was last week. I think Brice may be on holiday (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, Honiara, 0700-0730, 13-07, extremely weak here, only carrier detected. QRM from Rebelde on 5025. (Méndez) 9545, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, Honiara, 0440-0459*, 13-07, only very weak carrier detected here in Friol. Also 0452-0459*, 14-07, extremely weak, only carrier detected (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) These must be long-path starting SE-ward from SI ** SOUTH AFRICA [and non]. Reading Meeting Report The meeting on Saturday May 25th saw fourteen members gather at 2.30 pm, upstairs at Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC): Mike Barraclough, Chris Greenway, Ian Kelly, Keith Knight, Dave Kenny, Chris Morgan, Mark Palmer, Alan Pennington, Alan Roe, Clive Rooms, Jon Ryland, Edwin Southwell, Mike Terry and Klaus Werner. Radio broadcasting within, to and from South Africa until the end of apartheid was the topic of the first part of the meeting (including many audio extracts, linked below). “Radio Wars” is an article by Keith Somerville, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (who had worked at the BBC 1980-2008) which tells of the radio propaganda war between both sides in the long battle over white rule in South Africa. The full article is at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306422014522934 When Radio RSA, the external service of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), launched on 27 October 1965, Prime Minister Verwoerd said it would allow “South Africa’s good work to become known throughout the world” and described apartheid South Africa as a “misunderstood country”. Keith Somerville writes: “Throughout the apartheid era, the official media inside the country and broadcasts transmitted externally sought to present the apartheid system as more sinned against than sinning, as a bulwark against communism and protector of Christian civilisation. Apartheid was portrayed as a brave experiment that would prevent racial conflict through segregation. Every effort was made to present white hegemony and black subordination in a positive light domestically and abroad; to denigrate African governments and black political movements; and to present the South African government as the dependable ally of the West against the Soviet bloc and China.” “South Africa’s version of events at home and in southern Africa did not go unchallenged. Independent African states supported the liberation movements in South Africa, Namibia, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Angola and Mozambique. They gave airtime on their radio services to broadcasters from liberation movements. The liberation struggle was also a propaganda war.” The 1966 WRTH lists four transmitters for the Radio South Africa external service at Bloemendal “from March 1966” (2 x 20 kW Gates and 2 x 250 kW Brown Boveri) operating 0300-0400 and 1000-2200 GMT in four languages: Afrikaans, English, French and Portuguese. (The previous year’s WRTH (1965) lists the Africa Service with just 20 kW from the Paradys site which was also used by SABC’s domestic services on shortwave). Mike had received this QSL card for a Radio South Africa test on 4975 kHz on 25 October 1965, just two days before the official opening of the Bloemendal transmitter site. The original printed text: “Paradys near Bloemfontein 20 K.W.” is blanked out, with the new 250 K.W. site typed in. A 1974 QSL aerogramme letter from Radio RSA’s “DX Corner” editor Gerry Wood is for sale on eBay for $15! (Prior to moving to South Africa, Gerry edited the Mailbag column in World DX Club’s magazine Contact and organised the 2nd World DX Club conference in York in July 1970). Mike played us the well-known Radio RSA call sign, the chirping of the bokmakierie (South African bird) over the first bars of “Ver in die Wêreld Kittie” played on guitar. The bird is pictured on this 1989 copy of RSA Calling (left). This recording of the call sign is from 1966: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ZXYW WyVzQ As an example of Radio RSA’s soft propaganda programming, we also heard an extract from their 1977 New Year’s Eve broadcast with live ‘phone-in, from listener Norville in Maryland, USA: https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/rad io-south-africa-rsa-new-years-evebroadcast-part-1-december-31-1977 The ‘On the Shortwaves’ site includes a history of shortwave in South Africa: http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Stations/SW_History_of_South_Africa-Colin_Miller_MT_Nov_1995.pdf It appeared in Monitoring Times in 1995 and was written by Colin Miller (now in Ontario) who lived in South Africa and worked at Radio RSA 1982-1986, including at their receiving station at Panorama where he was in charge of the station’s Monitoring Panel of around 5,000 worldwide DXers. Referring to the ex-Paradys site transmitters in the article, Colin says “It is not unreasonable to believe that some of the others may have been in use by Rhodesia during the mid 60’s to jam BBC broadcasts to that country from the station at Francistown, Botswana.” Many recordings of the African stations Colin could hear in South Africa can be heard at: http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Colin_Miller/Colin_Miller.html Two RSA Listener Club certificates appear here: http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/QSLs_Other/Club_Certificates_4.pdf The African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa set up Radio Freedom, as its voice in its struggle for the rights of black South Africans and against apartheid. Mike read out several extracts from this 41-page article: “The ANC’s Radio Freedom, its audiences and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa”, 1963-1991.”, available to download here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322641372_The_ANC's_Radio_Freedom_its_audiences_and_the_struggle_against_apartheid_in_South_Africa_1963_-_1991 The ANC’s first clandestine broadcast was in 1963 initially broadcasting from within South Africa using a mobile transmitter, broadcasting recordings made at the ANC military wing’s secret HQ on a farm in Livonia. Its initial transmission was made from just north of Johannesburg on 26 June 1963. But within two weeks, the police raided the farm HQ at Liliesleaf and arrested seven ANC leaders. At the “Rivonia Trial” that followed, recordings of “Freedom Radio” were presented as evidence of treason and sedition by the state prosecution. The seven leaders (including Nelson Mandela), were sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1964. Listening to Radio Freedom’s broadcasts in South Africa became illegal. Forced into exile, Radio Freedom was reborn in 1967 in Lusaka, Zambia and programmes were broadcast from a number of countries. Keith Somerville’s article (link above) says: “The ANC broadcasts then relied on transmitters and airtime provided by Egypt, Tanzania and Zambia to get messages across. The external services of these countries transmitted regular ANC broadcasts and were later joined by Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar. By 1965, Dar es Salaam Radio was broadcasting material on behalf of the ANC. Radio Freedom itself started in 1967 with transmission from Zambia. Broadcasts were intermittent but became regular from Dar es Salaam and Lusaka by 1969. Programmes were broadcast to South Africa in English, Tswana, Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho and Afrikaans” Mike played two tracks from a Radio Freedom CD on Round up Records (1996) he’d bought. Originally released on vinyl in 1985, it contains political commentary and music recorded from broadcasts of Radio Freedom, the underground station of the ANC and its fighting wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation). Further details: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Radio-Freedom-Voice-Of-The-African-National-Congress-AndThe-Peoples-Army-Umkhonto-We-Sizwe/master/661869 We heard the station’s sign-on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHsCMmGMZgg with sound of machine-gunfire and song “Uphi Lomkonto?” (“Where is our army?”), played by John Peel on his BBC Radio One programme in 1986: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7811JmY15TM We moved onto other clandestine stations which were probably transmitted from South Africa: A Voz de África Livre was the radio station of the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO), opposing Mozambique’s ruling Marxist-Leninist FRELIMO party which had gained independence from Portugal for the country in 1975. It broadcast in Portuguese from Rhodesia (and later South Africa) on MW and SW. A recording from 1976: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BmjvNbjBpo Radio Truth was first heard in March 1983, opposing Zimbabwean ruler, Robert Mugabe, and his ruling ZANU-PF party. The Meyerton transmitter site in South Africa is assumed to have been used to transmit the station’s programmes. This recording includes two complete English broadcasts (said to be made in 1984, though one programme seems to be from 1985). It is on the DXerfrom1980s YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea8XuA8zqiA Chris Greenway wrote a comprehensive article about Radio Truth in March 2019 in his blog at: https://radioatlanticodelsur.blogspot.com/2019/03/apartheid-south-africas-radio-psyops.html Chris mentions Radio Truth used a single shortwave frequency, initially 6010 kHz, moving briefly to 4902 kHz in April 1983, then to 5015 kHz in June 1983, where it remained until it closed in September 1990. In his article, he also says this next station is also likely to have been broadcast from the Meyerton site: Voz da Resistência do Galo Negro (VORGAN) was the radio station of Jonas Savimbi’s Angolan rebel group, UNITA, which had fought until 1975 in the Angolan War of Independence, and afterwards in Angola’s lengthy civil war. Another recording from DXerfrom1980s on YouTube of VORGAN, including very echoey ID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDiajOoVEd0 Finally, a station broadcasting a programme in Spanish, “Cubanos en África”, targeting Cuban troops who had been in Angola since 1975. This recording on 6245 kHz from 1984 (possibly broadcast from South Africa). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8GZJdAzjWI This is another recording from DXerfrom1980s YouTube channel which has 21 recordings which were uploaded about six months ago as this message to Glenn Hauser explains: "Hi Glenn, How are you? This is Vito Echevarría in New York, a former contributor to your publications Review of International Broadcasting" and "DX Listeners Digest". I am reaching out to you because, after all these years, I finally got around to going through my archives of clandestine radio stations that I monitored during the early 1980s -- transferring them from cassette tapes into MP3 format (and posting them on YouTube afterwards). I also have some tapes of southern African clandestine tapes that were sent to me by South Africa-based DXers like Tim Hendel (ranging from "Radio Freedom" and "Voice of Namibia" to the anti-Zimbabwean station "Radio Truth", "A Voz da RENAMO" -- the station of Mozambique's RENAMO rebels, and other materials). Since this was materials from the 1980s, such recordings are historical at this point, so they can be appreciated at that level." (DXLD1850 3 Dec 2018) (Alan Pennington, July BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9395, WRMI, Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); 1247, 7/8; Bro. HyStairical on the verge of a huxtergasm; “The words spoken by my mouth will come to pass.” S9 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. 9654-9663 approx., July 13 at 0015, extremely distorted weak spur talk, peaking circa 9660, immediately suspected to be coming from 9690 Spain --- and so it is, by matching modulation peaks and pauses on another receiver. 9690 itself sounds fine. I then look for more of these and find them, not quite as strong as 9660: 9715-9719-9727, 9745-9752-9755, i.e. approx. 30-kHz intervals --- but not on the minus side circa 9630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA --- I will start with the English language service of REE on Monday 10 June at 2200 to 2230 UT on 9690 kHz, presented by Justin Coe. Without any preamble we are into some music from the Canadian-American band called The Band, and their Farewell Concert in San Francisco in 1976 which was filmed by Martin Scorcese and released as The Last Waltz in 1978. One of the participants at the concert was Dr John, and Justin continues the programme with more music by, and the life story of, Dr John who sadly recently died (on 6 June). It was an interesting and enjoyable programme including some great songs such as (amongst others) “Such a Night”, “Right Place, Wrong Time”, “Ico, Ico” and (in a duet with Rickie Lee Jones) “Makin’ Whoopee”. With a brief time-fill reprise of “Right Place, Wrong Time”, the programme ended and transitioned into the French service. Now, I have a slight problem here: I did very much enjoy the programme - and the music. But – I could have been listening to almost any station from anywhere. Other than the canned ID just before the start of the broadcast, there was nothing in the programme to indicate that this was REE’s English broadcast – not even a “hello” or “goodbye” or information as to when the next broadcast would be. Further, there was very little in the programme to link this to Spain (other than an oblique reference to a couple of concert appearances by Dr John in Spain and an anecdote by Justin about how he came to see Dr John live in Madrid), and I would like to see more Spanish-related content in these programmes. This is not to say that there is not any Spanish-related content in the broadcasts, for example the podcast of the broadcast for 27 May contains a report on the European parliamentary elections in Spain and music from the “Spain-based world music group Zoo Bazar”. However, it would be nice to have more news and comment from and about Spain. I wonder, though: I haven’t heard Alison Hughes recently, (although I may have missed her presentations as I do not listen very regularly), but checking the latest podcasts of the English language service at http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-ingles/ over the last 2-3 months, I find that all the available podcasts in that time were presented by Justin (although not all broadcasts are made available here, so maybe Alison presented some of the missing podcasts). If Alison is not available at present, and I hope that she is well, and as Justin appears to be on his own, then lack of time and resource could explain the lack of Spanish-related content at present. Never-the-less, I am very happy that REE managed to resurrect their English language service to shortwave a year or so ago, and the broadcast deserves our support. REE’s English language service is heard Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2200-2230 UT (Alan Roe, Listening Post, July BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** SUDAN. 7205, 0335-0340 12.7, R Omdurman, Al-Fatihab, Arabic ann and songs with drum, 45333. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, my latest loggings from Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) 7205, Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, 0440-0448, 14-07, Arabic, comments. 35433. (Méndez) 9505, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab, 1640-1710, 12-07, French, ID “LaVoix de L’Afrrique”, comments, East African songs. 32332. Strong QRM on 9500 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. Radio Dabanga via Santa Maria di Galeria & Issoudun, July 12 1529-1557 13745 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Darfur Arabic, fair/good 1529-1557 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Darfur Arabic, very good 7 sec delay from transmitter Santa Maria di Gleria to Issoudun https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/radio-dabanga-via-santa-maria-di.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. Radio Tamazuj via Talata Volonondry and Issoudun, July 12: 1459-1557 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic*, very good 1459-1557 15400 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic*, very good * at 1544 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf English nx bulletin Fri * at 1544 15400 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf English nx bulletin Fri 7 sec delay from transmitter Talata Volonondry to Issoudun! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/radio-tamazuj-via-talata-volonondry-and_13.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 15410, FRANCE, Eye Radio via Issoudun with pop music to S. Sudan at 1645. SINPO – 25322 on July 8 (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY (ICOM IC7300 / Alpha Delta DX Sloper), NASWA Flashsheet July 14 via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) Reportedly Eye Radio left shortwave on May 1st but who knows what could be here now. In its place. Then again, maybe Eye Radio never left shortwave? (Richard A. D`Angelo, ed., ibid.) Latest HFCC shows this M-F 16-17 UT transmission of Eye Radio via ISS went from active to reserve status on May 1 (gh, DXLD) One day I check 15410 during this hour and hear nothing (gh) ** SURINAME. 4990, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo, 0445-0458, 13-07, pop songs. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SWAZILAND. ESWATINI, Very good signal of Trans World Radio Africa in 25/22mb, July 16 1530-1545 on 11820 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic Mon-Fri 1557-1627 on 13580 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to SoAf Kirundi Mon-Fri https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/very-good-signal-of-trans-world-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [and non]. TAIWAN/CHINA, SOH Taiwan A-19 Shortwave Frequency list of July 12, 2019 monitored by wb on 5, 7, 8, 10 and 12 July 2019. 6229.955 S=7 1638 UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0708 UT 6280.122 S=9 1159 UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 1841 UT 6370even S=9+30dB 1159 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. Til 12.00 6370.111 S=9 1200 UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 1639 UT 6708.003 S=8 1205 UT --------- sounds like INS BI program 6730.010 S=? ---- UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 not heard anymore. 6870.115 S=8 1641 UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 1850 UT 6899.942 S=5 1643 UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 weaker 6900.035 S=8 1851 UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0705 UT stronger 6912-6988 kHz OTHR signal, 1218 UT. 6970even S=? ---- UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 not heard anymore. 7209.920 S=6 1645 UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 1856 UT 7210even S=9+15dB 1858 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland 7279.889 S=5 1223 UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 1900 UT 7309.985 S=? ---- UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 not heard anymore. 7460.128 S=7 1224 UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 1901 UT 7599.765 S=5 0658 UT 0000-2359 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 7600even S=- ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. \\ 7275 7600.164 S=5 1226 UT 1600-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 1903 UT 7650.195 S=7 1227 UT 1600-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 1905 UT 7729.899 S=8-9 1652 UT 1600-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0656 7810even S=9+20dB 1910 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland 7810.041 S=8 1653 UT 1600-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 1914 UT 9079.849 S=? ---- UT 2100-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 not heard anymore. 9099.999 S=9 1921 UT Echo of HopeKOR, bubble ditter multitone, 2331 9119.849 S=? ---- UT 2100-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 not heard anymore. 9155.038 S=? ---- UT 2212-1711 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 not heard anymore. 9180even S=7 2329 UT CNR1 100kW jammer from China, 17 kHz wide 9180.035 S=8 1248 UT 2213-1711 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 2330 UT 9199.848 S=7 1406 UT 2151-1530 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 9200.012 S=? ---- UT CNR1 100kW jammer from China, cl-down 1400 UT 18 kHz wide. Not heard anymore. 9214.925 S=7 1250 UT 2151-1530 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0651 UT 9215even S=- ---- UT CNR1 100kW jammer from China, 22 kHz wide, not heard anymore. 9216.226 S=6 1253 UT amateur singer female – not Chinese !, rather like hill tribe Thai/Lao/Vietn px, also 9215.940 kHz at 0632 UT. 9230.071 S=8 1256 UT 2212-1610 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 2325 UT 9230.074 S=6 1701 UT on July 12 rather like BUBBLE jamming instead. 9254.947 S=? ---- UT 2212-1711 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 not heard anymore. 9280.023 S=8 1257 UT 2212-1711 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 2324 UT 9280even S=? ---- UT CNR1 100kW jammer from China. Not heard anymore. Co-ch VoIRIB Zahedan 9280.003 kHz at 1705 UT. 9319.992 S=7 0629 UT 2212-1711 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 9320.034 S=4 1306 UT 2212-1711 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 2335 UT Underneath 1300 UT: But ahead VoA Korean via Tinang PHL IBB BBG relay site S=8-9 instead, 2 x 120 Hz spurious strings, also NoKorean scratching noise jamming. 9320.018 S=? ---- UT CNR1 100kW jammer from China, 22 kHz wide, not heard anymore. 9360.042 S=4 2322 UT 2215-1800 SOH rely RFA Chi 1-7. 9540even S=9+10 1213 UT CRI Kunming Ch sce co-channel, 225 Hertz spurs 9540.089 S=8 1214 UT 2215-1800 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 2320 UT 9635.009 S=7 1220 UT 2140-1710 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0626 UT QRM odd fq VoVietnam Vietnamese, Son Tay on 9634.984 kHz at 2321 UT. 9730.120 S=3 1330 UT 2105-1705 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 poor Underneath Pyin Oo Lwin Myanmar 9729.998 kHz at 1034 UT on April 8, and Voice of Korea, from Kujang-KRE 9730even kHz, at 0921, 0551 UT. Co-ch 9729.973 kHz 1810 UT, VoVietnam Son Tay 17-18 UT Vietnamese. 9849.901 S=5 1713 UT 2130-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 1827 UT 9849.991 S=5 1334 UT 2130-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 2318 UT PBS Qinghai Xinin CHN Tibetan ahead 9850even kHz. 0621 UT 9900even S=9+10dB 2310 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 20 kHz wideband signal. Against 9900even kHz R Taiwan International 22.00-24.00 UT. 9920even S=9 2256 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland, 22 kHz wideband signal, close-down 2300 UT. 9920.007 S=7 2301 UT 2147-1702 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0619 UT Co-channel Palau 9920even 9970.200 S=6 2255 UT 2147-1702 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0618 UT 9990.081 S=? ---- UT 2200-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 not heard anymore. 10159.991 S=7 2337 UT 2110-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0617 UT 10160even S=5 1333 UT 2110-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 10819.879 S=6 1355 UT 2140-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 2341 UT 10820even S=9+40dB 0616 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 20 kHz wideband signal. 10869.899 S=5 2345 UT 2103-1705 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0614 UT 10870even S=8 2344 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 17 kHz wideband signal. 10919.852 S=4 1400 UT 2125-1745 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0613 UT 10959.734 S=9 1401 UT 2130-1705 SOH rely RFA Chi 1-7 fanfare RFA 10960even S=? ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland 20 kHz wideband signal. Not heard anymore. 11069.925 S=? ---- UT 2210-1710 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 not heard anymore. 11070even S=- ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland 12 kHz wideband signal. Not heard anymore. 11100even S=- ---- 0431 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 16 kHz wideband signal. Not heard anymore. 11100.098 S=8 0001 UT 2200-1610 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0610 UT 11100.100 S=8 1411 UT 2200-1610 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 11120.116 S=6 1412 UT 2150-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0609 UT 11120.121 S=6 0002 UT 2150-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 11149.961 S=8 0003 UT 2150-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0608 UT 11149.970 S=8 1413 UT 2150-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 10 kHz wide 11170.091 S=6 1414 UT 2150-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0607 UT 11309.364 S=6 1417 UT 2120-1715 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 unstable fq on x.354 … x.396 kHz. 11409.971 S=? ---- UT 2120-1715 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 11410even S=? ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 20 kHz wideband signal. Not heard anymore. 11439.948 S=8 1420 UT 2120-1715 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0007 UT 11440even S=7 0010 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 20 kHz wideband signal. Jammer start late 0010 UT. 11460even S=7 0010 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 20 kHz wideband signal. Jammer start late 0010 UT. 11460.016 S=9+20dB 1422 UT 2100-1710 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0603 UT 11499.910 S=8-9 1425 UT 2030-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0602 11528even S=8 0222 UT end of 10 mins espionage number stn in English 11529.953 S=7 0013 UT 2000-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 11530even S=? ---- 2214 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. Cl-d 0200 Not heard anymore. 0601 UT co-channel Kurdish Grigoriopol MDA. 11580even S=9+10dB 0020 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 20 kHz wideband signal. 11580.135 S=8-9 1429 UT 2300-1610 SOH rely RFA Chi 1-7 0600 UT 11580.141 S=8 0021 UT 0000-1600 SOH rely RFA Chi 1-7 underneath CNR1 11599.878 S=6 1431 UT 0000-1600 SOH rely RFA Chi 1-7 QRM TOM SOF 11600 11600even S=? ---- 0150 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. Not heard anymore. 11695even S=9+40dB ---- UT DRM digital CNR1 Dong Fang island, 0045-0900 UT 11715.108 S=7 1433 UT 2105-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0029 UT 11775.002 S=6 1436 UT 2131-1730 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0550 UT 11969.989 S=8 1437 UT 2130-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 11969.983 S=8 0031 UT 2130-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0548 UT underneath CNR1. 11970even S=9 0030 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 12149.863 S=6 0035 UT 2130-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0545 UT 12150even S=9+5dB 0034 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 0544 UT 12170.--- S=- ---- UT 2130-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 12189.931 S=9 0036 UT 2130-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0543 UT 12190even S=9+5dB 0035 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 12209.992 S=8 1440 UT UNID program, SOH/RFA ? 8.5 kHz wide. 0042 UT 12229.987 S=? ---- UT 2130-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 12344.944 S=6 0045 UT 2105-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7. 0538 UT 12369.966 S=7 1444 UT 2105-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7. 0046 Weak jamming stn underneath on even 12370 kHz, slow CW carrier.1446 12429.845 S=6 0048 UT 2105-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0534 UT 12499.673 S=8 1510 UT 2100-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0051 UT 12500.014 S=9+5dB 0054 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. Cl-d 0500 12550.104 S=8 1512 UT 2130-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0056 UT 12580.136 S=? ---- UT 2130-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 12775.--- S=- ---- UT 2130-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 12799.960 S=? ---- UT 2130-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 12800even S=? ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 19.2 kHz wideband signal. Not heard anymore. 12819.846 S=6 1518 UT 2130-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0531 UT 12820even S=? ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland 12 kHz wideband signal. Not heard anymore. 12870.216 S=5 0530 UT 2130-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 12879.912 S=8 1522 UT 2130-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0529 UT 12880even S=? ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 17.2 kHz wideband signal. Not heard anymore. 12909.928 S=? ---- UT 2152-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 17.2 kHz wideband signal. Not heard anymore. 12950.234 S=? ---- UT 2200-1450 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 12980even S=? ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 20 kHz wideband signal. Not heard anymore. 12980.127 S=? ---- UT 2110-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 13020.126 S=8 1525 UT 2208-1656 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0527 UT 13130even S=9 0525 UT CNR1 jamming from China mainland 19 kHz wideband signal. 13130.095 S=7 0526 UT 2130-1430 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 13159.974 S=6 0524 UT 2130-1430 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 13159.995 S=9+10dB 0520 UT CNR1 jamming from China mainland 13530even S=- ---- UT CNR1 jamming from China mainland. 10.8 kHz wideband signal. Not heard anymore. 13550.053 S=3 0504 UT 2130-1430 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 13630.130 S=6 0501 UT 2130-1430 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 13639.995 S=- ---- UT CNR1 jamming from China mainland. Not heard anymore. 13640even S=7 0456 UT CRI Kashgar, Chinese 04.00-04.58 UT 13640.208 S=7 0456 UT 2300-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 13680even S=- ---- UT CNR1 jamming from China mainland. Not heard anymore. 13680.028 S=- ---- UT 2130-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7. Not heard anymore. 13774.929 S=- ---- UT 2210-1420 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7. Not heard anymore. 13820.xxx S=- ---- UT 2200-1300 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7. Not heard anymore. 13825 DRM digital CNR1 Beijing, 0045-0800 UT, S=9+10dB 0114 and 0454 13850 DRM digital CNR1 Urumqi, 0045-0800 UT, S=9+10dB 0116 UT 13869.997 S=- ---- UT CNR1 jamming from China mainland. Not heard anymore. 13870.238 S=8 0453 UT 2120-1400 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 13889.797 S=8 0116 UT 2200-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 13890even S=9+15dB 0451 UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland, 11.2 kHz wideband signal. 13920.004 S=- ---- UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland, 9.6 kHz wideband signal. CODAR QRM at 15.50 UT. 13920.015 S=8 0118 UT 2213-1420 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 13979.841 S=? ---- UT 2213-1420 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7. Not heard anymore. 13980even S=? ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. Not heard anymore, rather OTHR 13978 kHz. 14369.888 S=6 0447 UT 2300-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 14370even S=? ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. Not heard anymore. 14429.925 S=7 0446 UT 2110-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 14430even S=? ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. Not heard anymore. 14500even S=? ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. OTHR 0247UT 14500.111 S=? ---- UT 2200-1600 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. exSwitch-on at 0100 UT, strong RFA 100 kW class tx. OTHR 0210 UT 14559.764 S=6 0124 UT 2200-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 14600even S=9+10dB 0443 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. Broadband 70 kHz wide DISTORTION audio. 14600.204 S=? ---- UT 2300-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 14639.995 S=9 0129 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. Odd fq. 14640.105 S=7 0132 UT 2200-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 14690.000 S=? ---- UT 2200-1611 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 14725.270 S=? ---- UT 2200-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 14774.758 S=9 0438 UT 2200-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 14775.004 S=8 0134 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 14799.889 S=5 ---- UT 2200-1605 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 14800even S=9+45dB 0125 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 25 kHz wideband. Rather WHITE NOISE SCRATCHING heard. 14820.xxx S=? ---- UT 2100-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 14850even S=9+40dB 0135 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 20kHz wide 14850.011 S=4 1121 UT 2200-1605 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0813 UT + OTHR. Not heard anymore. 14870.012 S=7 ---- UT 2200-1605 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 14900even S=9+30dB 0436 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 17 kHz wide 14900.045 S=8 0155 UT 2200-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 14919.792 S=8 ---- UT 2130-1430 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 14920even S=9+20dB ---- UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland, UT 19.2 kHz wideband signal. Not heard, rather 11 kHz WHITE NOISE SCRATCH. 14940.002 S=7 ---- UT 2200-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 14940 OTHR 20 kHz wide, 0158 UT. 14944.010 S=9 Chinese NUMBER station, at 0119 UT on April 8. 14979.954 S=7 0432 UT 0000-1600 SOH rely RFA Chi 1-7 14980even S=9+30dB 0140-0200 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. stronger than \\ CNR1 11760, 15370, 15480 kHz a.s.o. 20 kHz wideband 15065-15082 kHz OTHR 0358 UT S=8 15070.047 S=4 0754 UT 2100-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 15279.994 S=4 0106 UT 2100-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Echo jamming. SOH not heard anymore. 15340even S=9 0200#UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. cl-d 0800 UT 16 kHz wide strong jamming audio. #Only check at 02.00-02.02 UT 15340.028 S=6 0202 UT 2100-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 audio distorted type. 15388 0230-0300 TWN XingXing guangbo diantai Chi Kuanyin 1-7 15580.003 S=6 0205 UT 2150-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 15740even S=9+20dB 0421 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 15745even UNID Chinese singer 0130-0330 UT ? 16 kHz wideband 15799.882 S=9 0243 UT 2100-1706 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 15800even S=------ ---- UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. Not heard anymore. 15839.997 S=6 0207 UT 2100-1706 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 15840even S=9+20dB 0214 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 15854-15862 kHz STANAG like Data signal, S=8 0241 UT July 10. 15869.936 S=6 0238 UT 2100-1706 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 15919.890 S=6 0235 UT 2100-1400 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 hopping 15920even S=9+15dB 0215 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland, 10 kHz wideband signal block. 15939.872 S=5 0416 UT 2130-1400 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0203 UT bubble ditter signal underneath, 0750 UT on April 8th. 15940.001 S=9+15dB 0218 UT CNR1 jammer from China mainland. 18 kHz wideband jammer. 15969.869 S=8 0219 UT 2130-1630 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0200 UT 16100.094 S=- ---- UT 2115-1420 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 16160.021 S=7 0230 UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland, 18 kHz wideband. 16160.085 S=7 0220 UT 2130-1430 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0157 UT 16249.725 S=6 0231 UT 2150-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 16250even S=7-8 0151 UT CNR1 px jammer from China mainland. powerhouse 20 kHz wideband signal block. \\ 15370 15380 kHz. 16299.828 S=9 0226 UT SOH relay RFA Chi 1-7. 8 kHz wideband strong_SOH 16300even S=7-8 0146 UT CNR1 px jammer from China mainland. 16349.973 S=- ---- UT 2250-1330 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 16599.820 S=6 0220 UT 2100-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0144 UT 16600even S=6 0212 UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland, 3-4 echoes jamming. 16662-16672 kHz OTHR 0234 UT. 16670.xxx S=- ---- UT 2100-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 16680.022 S=9+15dB 0210 UT CNR1 px jammer from China mainland. 16680.348 S=5 0208 UT 2100-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 16766-16775 kHz OTHR 0237 UT. 16769.855 S=- ---- UT CNR1 px jammer from China mainland. Not heard anymore. 16770even S=- ---- UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland. 20 kHz wideband signal data block. Not heard anymore. 16789.806 S=7 0238 UT 2130-1530 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 16910even S=5 0240 CNR1 program jammer from China mainland.? high speedCW 16979.935 S=4 0408 UT 2130-1530 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0206 UT 17079.701 S=4 0247 UT 2110-1500 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 1207 UT 17149.985 S=4 0203 UT SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 17150.017 S=8 0135 UT SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 17170even S=9 0358 UT CNR1 px jammer from China mainland. 0130 UT 17170.346 S=7 0203 UT 2330-1405 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0131 UT 17192-17203 kHz OTHR 0200 UT July 10. 17199.750 S=- ---- UT 2200-1350 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 17200even S=- ---- UT CNR1 px jammer from China mainland. Not heard anymore. 0958 UT 18 kHz wideband signal. NOT on air, see 17440v kHz instead. 17200.167 S=- ---- UT 2200-1350 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 distorted audio quality. Scratchy signal. NOT heard anymore. 17398even USB_mode, Chinese language Number? station, S=7, 0401 UT. 17440.004 S=9+20dB 0352 UT CNR1 px jammer from China mainland. 0158 UT 18 kHz wideband signal. 17400.253 S=8 0117 UT 2155-1420 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 17759.991 S=7 0350 UT CNR1 px jammer from China mainland. Odd fq 17760.259 S=8-9 0115 UT 2300-1000 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 17770even S=9+40dB 0453 UT DRM digital CNR1 Dong Fang isl #871, 0045-0900 UT 17830even S=9+40dB 0545 UT DRM digital CNR1 Urumqi changji #523, 0045-0800 UT 18039.983 S=8-9 0720 UT Mandarin Chinese 8 number groups station, female likely ? 0700-0730 TWN XingXing guangbo diantai Chi Kuanyin 1-7 Not heard anymore. 18040even S=- ---- UT CNR1 px jammer from China mainland. Not heard anymore. 18040.036 S=- ---- UT 0400-0430 TWN XingXing guangbo diantai Chi Kuanyin 1-7 Not heard anymore. 18180even S=- ---- UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland. 19 kHz wideband signal. Not heard anymore. 18180.332 S=6 0331 UT 2300-1130 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0152 UT 18249.767 S=7 0108 UT 2200-1000 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 18249.819 S=7 0151 UT 2200-1000 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 18250even S=9+20dB 0333 UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland. 12 kHz wideband signal. Appeared in that range after 03.20 UT. NEW Channel. 18511 kHz center freq, Data Transmission Block in rage 18547.5 to 18555.5 kHz, 2 x 3.5 kHz wide data block strings visible. 18869.895 S=- ---- UT 2200-1000 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 Not heard anymore. 18899.639 S=6 0149 UT 2200-1000 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 18900even S=9+25dB 0320 UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland. 18 kHz wideband signal. 19840.019 S=4 0147 UT 2200-1000 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 21530.104 S=6 0305 UT 2200-1000 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi Miaoli 1-7 21555 unidentified DRM mode transmission block visible, 10 kHz wide, S=7-8 in eastern Thailand at 03.05 UT on July 6. 21650even S=9+10dB 0312 UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland. 16 kHz wideband signal. Against IBB BBG VoA Tibetan from Tinang-PHL 0313 UT 21800even S=9+10dB 0314#UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland. 16 kHz wideband signal. # CNR1 jammer starts late at 03.14 UT, they need for an antenna and meterband switch mostly 12 to 14 minutes. >21800.040 S=8 0236 UT 2300-1000 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 >the highest fq ever noted on SOH Taiwan outlets. >S=4 signal heard on 07 April 2019. 21800even S=9 1150 UT CNR1 program jammer from China mainland. 0143 21800.020 S=6 0145 UT 2300-1000 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 BUT 21 MHz heard only on long range in JakartaINS, Brisbane Queensland-AUS and others in AUS/NZL Pacific region now, of Perseus server locations in Australia and New Zealand. You are looking in vain for Perseus server units, in these days in the Pacific downunder. Instead, some KiwiSDR's are available, but this is Very annoying, with very inaccurate reading accuracy of the frequencies. And fuzzy display appearance on this product. SOH signals differ often from day to day slightly up to 100 Hertz in frequency; so I guess there is a network pool of approx. 100 or more different small power software defined transmitter available, and used randomly be connected by an automatic computer to access switch on air from various TX locations ? Used remote SDR units on extended 24hrs check on 05-12 July, installations at eastern Thailand, 8 x Japan, India, Doha Qatar, and Brisbane Queensland Australia. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 05-12 July 2019, via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) ** TAIWAN. Sound of Hope / Xi Wang Zhi Sheng in 25mb on July 12 from 0830 on 11775 Maoli 1 kW / non-dir to EaAs Chinese, fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-sound-of-hope-xi-wang-zhi.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In a case like this, you need to explain why it is not a CNR1 jammer instead that you hear (gh) ** THAILAND. 7470, VOA, 1145+ and 1300*, July 12. A strong VOA in Chinese, along with a very weak double jamming (CNR1 and Firedragon); unusual to find a double jammed station many times stronger than the jamming; at 1300*, both VOA and jamming went off the air at the same time (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) See also USA [non] ** TIBET [non]. Unusual to find PBS Xizang off the air, but on July 11 & 12, clearly not broadcasting on the frequencies I checked. 4820, 4905, 4920 and 6200, from 1034+ (past 1205+), off the air on the 11th. Same on the 12th, 1133+ (past 1239+). 5935, on July 12, at 1303, noted Shiokaze (via Japan), without the usual Tibet QRM. 6200, on July 12, at 1246, noted Voice of Jinling (China), without the usual Tibet QRM. (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) Hi Jose, You must be correct, down for maintenance! (Ron, re INDIA) Hi Ron, Aoki reports hearing Xizang Chinese until 1200 on 15745 kHz, but I couldn't hear it today (Mauno Ritola, Finland, dx_indnia yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) ** TURKEY. TRT Voice of Turkey on very odd frequency on July 11: 1300-1355 11965.7 EMR 500 kW / 020 deg EaEu Russian, instead of 11965 Something`s always wrong at Voice of Turkey Emirler transmitting stn! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/trt-voice-of-turkey-on-very-odd.html Voice of Turkey in Persian on very odd frequency 9765.7 kHz, July 11: 1500-1555 9765.7 EMR 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian, instead of 9765.0 1556-1557 9765.7 EMR 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Bulgarian ID/Interval Sig 1500-1625 11765.0 EMR 500 kW / 100 deg WeAs Da/Pa/Uz, 11765.7 July 10 Something`s always wrong at Voice of Turkey Emirler station!! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/voice-of-turkey-in-persian-on-odd.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 11-12, DX LISTENIING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey in Turkish very odd frequency, July 17 0600-1255 13635.7 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Turkish, instead of nominal. 0600-1155 11675.0 500 kW / 150 deg WeAs Turkish - 11675.8 on July 16 Something`s always wrong at V of Turkey Emirler transmitting station! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/voice-of-turkey-in-turkish-on-odd_18.html Unscheduled 2 minutes of Voice of Turkey in Bosnian on SW, July 17: 0824-0826 11795 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Bosnian, unscheduled on SW & 0826-0955 11795 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian, as scheduled in A19 Something`s always wrong at TRT Voice of Turkey Emirler station https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/unscheduled-2-mins-of-voice-of-turkey.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. Since July 8, on all sites of the regional branches of the Public Broadcaster of Ukraine, the online broadcast of radio begins to operate. "It’s no secret that the radio network is a unique competitive advantage of Public Radio. Since our regional journalists at NSTU branches broadcast daily the entire spectrum of topics and genres: from political talk shows to sports programs, from music shows to historical radiyoblog - we will not be overly able to reach the audience in the regions in an additional way, thanks to the online listening, "says Dmitry Khorkin, General Producer of Public Radio. Earlier EN: You could listen to the Ukrainian radio of each region on FM waves, on the Facebook social network pages or on the RU: Ukrainian radio website. From now on, regional radio is also available online on the websites of Public Broadcasting channels https://www.suspilne.media/branches As on other platforms, programs that are common to the entire radio network and the regional editorial programs will be broadcast on-line. RU: Ukrainian Radio. Source: Portal UA: Public Broadcasting. http://proradio.org.ua/news/2019jul.php (via Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) Very sad story about the Ukrainian radio on the middle waves. Article in Ukrainian - SOUTH OF UKRAINE: UKRAINIAN BROADCASTER DOESN’T KNOW - ENEMY VOICES ARE LUXURIOUS “The Ukrainian radio transmitter on the border between Nikolayev and Odessa cannot break through Russian propaganda. For him, for some reason, electricity is "over" … Ful article in Ukrainian and photo - https://stv.detector.media/reformuvannya/radio/pivden_ukraini_ukrainskiy_movnik_nimotstvue_vrazhi_golosi_rozkoshuyut/ Author: Svetlana Shevtsova, Kiev, the site "Ukrinform" (Andrey Erlich, Ukraine / FB, via Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7780, Radio Ukraine International, 0230Z-0245Z with interval signal and ID: "This is Ukrainian radio." Into news headlines, including an upcoming meeting between Ukraine's and Russia's presidents, and the release of filmmakers jailed in Russia for involvement in a protest. People who say this station's news has a distinct slant are not wrong! Then into a program about contracts for state gas supplies. Signal fair to good with fading. SIO 434 (Carlie Forsythe, Madison WI, July 13, odxa iog via DXLD) via WRMI ** UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Not sure if this is new information, but Radio Asia was heard on 1476 in late June on the Novosibirsk and Qatar KiwiSDR receivers // streaming audio at http://radioasiauae.com/ Mostly subcontinent songs, news in presumed Malayalam 1600, some IDs and local ads in English. Ex-1269 (Bruce Portzer, WA, ed., DXWW II, IRCA DX Monitor July 20, published July 16, via DXLD) ** U K. Government's TV licence decision was `nuclear', says BBC's Lord Hall | BT http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-news/governments-tv-licence-decision-was-nuclear-says-bbcs-lord-hall-11364377467722 Restricting TV licences for over-75s `could cost more than it saves' | BT http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-news/restricting-tv-licences-for-over-75s-could-cost-more-than-it-saves-11364377653705 (both via Mike Cooper, July 18, DXLD) ** U K [non]. Special broadcast of BBC World Service, July 14 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/special-broadcast-of-bbc-world-service.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) why? ** U K. The BBC Proms season 2019 is about to start with the First Night on 19 July; until Last Night 14 September; on BBC Radio 3 webcasts. All the details here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) You may have to fish around at Sounds for access to each concert audio for 30 days only (gh) ** U S A. 407 kHz, July 14 at 0545, ND beacon HRU, which is 25 watts from Herington KS. Noise level has lowered enough to get a bit; nearest lightning areas are in NM and off the LA coast. Also have Okies 255, SW, 25 watts Stillwater, tuned to 253; and even 341, EI, 25 watts Enid. Once I can hear again any Y-beacon from Canada, I`ll know we`re back in season (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KPH/MRHS, Night of Nights from 0001 UT July 13 --- The 20th Night of Nights will be held at the RCA receive site beginning at 3:00pm Pacific time on 12 July. The first transmission will be at 5:01pm Pacific time (0000Z 13 July). Click HERE for the MRHS bulletin with the complete schedule and location details. . . [linked from]: http://www.radiomarine.org (Glenn Hauser, July 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Paul Dobosz: Upcoming next week --- Join us Dit-Dah'ers in celebrating history on "Night of Nights". https://myemail.constantcontact.com/MRHS-Bulletin---Night-of-Nights-XX.html?soid=1109843077277&aid=xI4H-9aS184 Personal side note. I visited the transmitter site North of San Francisco in mid March of this year and took (and passed) the FCC commercial Radiotelegraph License examination. MRHS is one of only a couple of places in the US that is authorized to administer the exam. Only 127 new licenses had been issued prior to mine (#128) since 1999 when commercial maritime Morse requirement was abolished in favor of newer technology. If you ever get to the SF area, KSM/KPH is a must see for radio enthusiasts. It operates from a split site with transmitters and antennas located just outside of Bolinas, CA and a receive site and antennas located 18 miles North of the transmitters near Pt Reyes. The transmitters are keyed remotely from the receive site and operations are full duplex transmitting on one frequency and listening on another. The separation between the sites allows the receivers to be un-muted during transmissions due to the separation. The antenna farms at both sites are also quite elaborate and interesting (a DX'ers dream). In addition to special events, the stations also operate every Saturday along with their amateur station K6KPH which I have worked a couple of times from here in Michigan and in Indiana (Paul Dobosz, MARE Tipsheet 12 July via DXLD) Night of Nights XX --- I was out this evening until returning at 0435 UT, and listening to the bands, I heard nothing on 426, 500, and 4247.0, but very strong signals on 6477.5, 8642.0 (especially well heard!), 12808.5, 17016.8 (also very strong), 22477.5 (good). All these via KPH. 12695.5 from KFS very strong, Listening for K6KPH yielded nothing on 3550, fair reception on 7050, nothing on 14050 and 21050. Best decode I found via MixW software (almost 100%). Surprising no one else is mentioning this interesting evening anymore! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, July 13, WOR iog via DXLD) I posted linx for info about this well in advance [as above]; but did not monitor it myself, not much for CW (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 8764-USB, July 13 at 0534, Tropical Storm Barry info with G.C., by robot who has trouble pronouncing ``quadrant``. Also confused about calendar asserting ``Saturday July 14`` and ``Sunday July 15`` which are one day off for this year but correct for 2018y! Let`s hope their life-and-death weather info be more accurate. Per EiBi this must be USCG Chesapeake VA, NMN, scheduled 0515-0550 alternating with Honolulu and Port Reyes; again audible at 1536 during the 1530-1605 NMN span. Other NMN frequencies are 4426, 6501, 13089, maybe 17314, some probably day-only or night-only. Time to tune in WWL 870 with real humans (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17530, VOA Greenville, English to Africa at 1742 experiencing dropouts in transmission. Bottoms out at 1744, off then just carrier until audio back up at 1746. Intermittent static as if transmitter is shorting. Audio gone again or deeply suppressed at 1747. Back by 1749, still with power consistency issues. Program is discussion about household budgets and saving. SINPO - 55534 on July 8 (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY (ICOM IC7300 / Alpha Delta DX Sloper), NASWA Flashsheet July 14 via DXLD) 17530, July 16 at 1404, S9 open carrier, off and back on again; obviously VOA Grimesland in routine early check long before scheduled only English broadcast at 1700-1830; BTW, if they did this before 1400 anyday, would conflict with VOA Somali via Vatican; or after 1400 Sat/Sun VOA Kinyarwanda via São Tomé, per HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also VATICAN [non] ** U S A [non]. 7470, THAILAND, Voice of America at 1130. Collision with VOA and unID station, but only VOA listed here at this time. May be unusual circumstance where CNR1 jammer is actually overpowered by the target here. Programming in Chinese language, with correspondent reports, many mentions of "VOA" and "Taiwan". Heard as soon as I turned on one of my receivers which was still sitting on the frequency after the YHWH hunt from last night. Noted CNR distinctive pips under VOA right on the hour (1200), confirming my suspicions here - Armchair July 15 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Sangean ATS-909X, Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000 RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) see also THAILAND ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1989 monitoring: 7490.20, WBCQ, Monticello ME (presumed); 2100-2138+, 7/10; Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio #1989 to 2128:54 followed by 4+ minutes of DA; music abruptly up at 2132:57 – somebody asleep at the switch? SIO=343- on/off hum for about a minute at 2105 & audio off for 19 seconds at 2112:08 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1990 monitoring: 6190, Hamburger LokalRadio, Goehren, *0609-0715, 13-07, English, “Media Network Plus” and at 0639 Glenn Hauser’s program “World of Radio”, at 0710 German. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) Missed checking the first USA SWBC, Friday July 12 at 2200 on WRMI 9955; did anyone hear it? Confirmed UT Saturday July 13 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, poor in local high noise level. Also confirmed Saturday July 13 at 1130 on WRMI 9955, good S9, immediately following ``Sandunga`` on marimba music fill, no ID break and no upcut. Not confirmed Sat July 13 at 1430-1500 on HLR 9485-CUSB via UTwente --- as usual for weeks now, not even a trace of signal, just huge splash from 9490 Romania. Haven`t heard from Alan Gale either who would sometimes hear it in UK when UTwente could not. Next: 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 7780-new 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW WORLD OF RADIO 1990 monitoring: confirmed Saturday July 13 at 2100 on WRMI, 9955, fair S6-S8. Also confirmed UT Sunday July 14 at 0130 on WRMI, 5850, good. As sunset earlies, expect this one gradually to improve westward. Also confirmed UT Sunday July 14 at 0342 midpoint via WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, S9 to +10 vs high local noise level of S9; so started circa 0328, must have been right after I first checked, hearing another. None of the three Hamburger LokalRXadio airings confirmed yet. Next: 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 7780 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW WORLD OF RADIO 1990 monitoring: confirmed Sunday July 14 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, JBA vs noise level Also confirmed UT Monday July 15 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 vs noise, and much better VG S9+20 on synchronized 9395 Also confirmed UT Monday July 15 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, poor vs noise Also confirmed UT Monday July 15 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast, and at 0326 check modulating on WBCQ 5130.37 poor S9+10 vs noise level Also confirmed UT Monday July 15 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, VG S9+10/20 with lite pulse jamming audible. Czech? song fill right up to WOR. Next: 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW WORLD OF RADIO 1990 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue July 16 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA. Next: 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW WORLD OF RADIO 1990 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday July 17 on WRMI 9955, but not until late cut-on, JIP at 2100:50, S5-S7. Such are the risks of being the very first program on any transmission. At least most of it, if 9955 stayed on. Simulcast on WBCQ 7490.1v? Wed July 17 at 2100, JBA carrier, as usual in deep summer, almost all the signal absorbed on the way. Checked webcast at 2120 and heard: Equal mixture of me and Brother Scare! Notified the boardops ASAP, but by 2128 recheck of webcast, now it`s not funxioning at all. Unknown if same mixture was also outgoing on 7490. Did anyone hear it? Not confirmed UT Thursday July 18 at 0100, NO signal on 7780 WRMI; while 7730 & 7570 are nominal with BS, always much stronger than 7780 even when it`s on. Still AWOL at 0128. Strange that with 14 transmitters, WRMI is often missing rather than substituting another if there`s a problem with one of them. Thus there was something wrong with the last three scheduled North American broadcasts of 1990, so I hope most have already heard it anyway. If not: (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1990.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1990.mp3 Next: 0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW WOR 1991 to be produced by late UT July 18, ready for first airings Friday July 19; starting in NAm at 2200 on WRMI 9955. WORLD OF RADIO 1991 contents: Australia, Azores, China, Congo DR, Cuba, Denmark, Europe, India, Japan, Korea North and non, Korea South, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Madeira, Mali, Malta, México, North America, Oklahoma and non, Romania, Spain, Sudan South non, Taiwan and non, Tibet, UK, USA, Vatican non, Vietnam non; and the propagation outlook. Completed by 0006 UT Friday July 19 ready for first airings. However, I later discovered that Unique Radio is no longer active on Fridays: WORLD OF RADIO on Unique Radio, Gunnedah NSW --- Current schedule on website shows some changes, notably no broadcasts at all on Fridays, leaving WOR as follows: Saturday (alternating, 7/20 & 8/3 ---) 1000 on 3210-USB Monday 0930 on 5045-USB 1130 on 3210-USB [new] Tuesday 0800-0900 on 5045 (two episodes) See https://www.uniqueradio.biz/ for full schedule including International Radio Report and ARDXC`s World at Your Fingertips. {later: 3210-USB ex-5045 on all broadcasts after 0730} WOR schedule: The shortwave broadcasts should be: 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [July 20; alt. weeks] 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 7780 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [NEW] 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1991.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1991.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. [it appears we will now be running on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle, so freshest new airings are on weekends] Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ: ** U S A. WBCQ The Planet --- Almost instantly, the second e-QSL card from WBCQ station The Planet from the USA was received in response to a report dated July 11, 2019. http://freerutube.info/2019/06/27/e-qsl-wbcq-the-planet-ssha-iyun-2019-goda/ (Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", QSL World, Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) With many illos of this ``The Planet`` card I had never seen; is it new or old? This page also reproduces a bunch of recent illustrated twits (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Re: [WOR] WBCQ 9330 kHz Off? Back on when checked at 0132 UT on 12 July (UT). Peaking at S8 to S9 at the U. Twente SDR receiver. Going on about the doctrine of the Trinity (-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via DXLD) 9330.00, July 12 at 0526, WBCQ-6 with WLC Radio is holding up tonight, still VG S9 to S9+10. Next chex starting at 1200 find NO signal on 9330, nor at 1542. As I mentioned in previous report, revised HFCC sked appears to be 12 hours out of whack. So if we don`t hear 9330 at 19-24 UT, we should instead look for Arabic on 15180 at 19-22 and 11705 at 22-24. That makes a lot more sense propagationally than starting 15180 at 2 am EST in Maine! 7490+v, July 12 at 1151, no signal from WBCQ (or WWCR yet). No sign yet of WBCQ putting Brother Scare on this transmitter at ``all unsold times``, since the other apocalyptix at WLC have pushed him off 9330+v. I wonder if he will be shoehorned into various `open` hour or half-hour slots during the existing briefer span, instead of AAAWWW playbax, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. New sked of World's Last Chance Radio via WBCQ-6 and as Glenn Hauser suggests: languages are 12 hours displaced of the original schedule. He is right with this statement. Transmission to WeEu yesterday July 11 & today July 12 are 12 hours displaced: from 0600 to 0800 UT, instead of 1800-2000 0600-0800 9330*BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to WeEu English, good *0655-0750 9330 Su/Mo/We/Fr Cuban Spy Numbers HM01 July 12. Videos will be uploaded later today - 73! (Ivo Ivanov, WOR iog via DXLD) Today they were in English at 0640, but now at 0810 all 9330, 11705 and 15180 kHz are empty (Mauno Ritola, Finland, July 12, WOR iog via DXLD) New schedule of WBCQ-6 World's Last Chance Radio and as Glenn Hauser suggests: languages are 12 hours displaced of the original schedule. He is right with this statement. Transmission to WeEu yesterday July 11 & today July 12 are 12 hours displaced: from 0600 to 0800 UT, instead of 1800-2000 0000-0357 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 255 deg to MEXI English, pls check 0400-0557 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 300 deg to WNAm English, poor 0600-0757 on 9330*BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to WeEu English, good 0800-1857 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 075 deg to N/ME Arabic, NO SIGNAL 1900-2157 on 9330#BCQ 500 kW / 075 deg to NoAf Arabic, pls check 2200-2357 on 9330#BCQ 500 kW / 075 deg to NoAf Arabic, pls check *0655-0750 on 9330 Su/Mo/We/Fr Cuban Spy HM01-weak signal July 12 # 07-10 HFCC 15180 BCQ 500 kW / 075 deg to NoAf Arabic, NO SIGNAL # 10-12 HFCC 11705 BCQ 500 kW / 075 deg to NoAf Arabic, NO SIGNAL https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/new-schedule-of-wbcq-6-worlds-last.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 11-12, DX LISTENIING DIGEST) As I already suggested later, it looks like the HFCC schedule with two new higher frequencies is 12 hours out of whack. Therefore instead of 9330 we should look for 15180 at 19-22 UT 11705 at 22-24 UT That certainly makes more sense propagationally instead of starting 15180 at 2 am EST in Maine! NO signal on 9330 this morning at 1200 and later, but it was still inbooming in English at 0526 (Glenn Hauser, July 12, WOR iog via DXLD) Today they were in English at 0640, but now at 0810 all 9330, 11705 and 15180 kHz are empty (Mauno Ritola, July 12, ibid.) At 1900 UT July 12 NO SIGNAL on 9330 or 15180 and 11705 (Ivo Ivanov, July 12, ibid.) Very good signal at 2036 UT July 12 in Arabic on 9330 kHz Probably 2000-2357 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 075 deg to NoAf (Ivo, ibid.) 15180, July 12 at 1920, still no signal from WBCQ-6 500 kW, the new frequency erroneously registered at 07-10 UT, really meaning 19-22 UT (more below). 9330 is also off at 1936 check. But on in Arabic at 2037, VP S6-S7, so presumably started at 2000. Off at 2358 retune, but that`s the antenna-rotation break; *2359:20 amid IS loop, now inbooming and reopening WLC Radio in English. 7490.18, UT Saturday July 13, can barely detect William Tell Overture opening `AAAWWW`, due to hi local line noise level. The NRD-545 noise blanker does a fine job of eliminating the buzz but also makes the remaining program audio virtually unintelligible. Strangely, someone on the phone is more readable than AW, so I give up. By 0056 or so I`m listening to the loud & clear webcast, and some comments sound very familiar --- is it a repeat? No, by 0100 AW mentions the two new frequencies 15.180 and 11.705 to be used in daytime once they have been programmed into the antenna/transmitter. It`s still a work in progress, which must account for all the downtime in the daytime. Artie Bigley heard from AW that AAAWWW would be carried on 9330 but not this time. I`d think the contract would have reserved some hours for WBCQ`s own programming. John Carver heard it all, and reports: ``Tonight's show on 7490 started on time after a few minutes of fill music. Allan and Angela in the studio. I move to 5130 as the signal is much better there. Phone call at 0007 from Freddie. Allan says that in the future AAWWW will also air on 9330 but tonight is on 7490, 5130 and 3265. Allan refuses to say what the electric bill is for the superstation but says it's in the high five figures every month. Says it takes 900 kW for the transmitter to put out 500 kW. Allan got Freddie off the phone in fifteen minutes this evening. Another phone call at 0023 moves the conversation to TV. Phone call at 0031 continues the TV discussion. Phone call at 0040 brings us back to radio. Caller doesn't care for the DSP in most of the new radios today and wonders if there's any way to bypass it. They also discussed HD radio and FM. The general consensus was that digital should get out of radio. It was announced that Angela recorded her first radio commercial today for their FM station. It was mentioned that construction was ongoing at the superstation so Angela hasn't been able to plant flowers there. Some more talk of Angela's gardens. Phone call at 0056 from Pirate Joe with signal reports. Reading of emails at 0059 and after one email program was cut off with no closing prayer or comments. Program was off at 0100 and immediately they went into a rerun of an old AWWW. John, Mid-North Indiana`` At 1400 July 13 check, 9330 is off again. Apparently no longer bothering to turn Brother Scare on the old transmitter when the new one be down; nor have I noticed him at additional hours on 7490+, continuing at 22-23 weekdays anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) World's Last Chance Radio via WBCQ-6 is on the air probably 12 hours per day, instead of 24 hours as follows: 2000-2357 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 075 deg to NoAf Arabic& 0000-0357 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 255 deg to MEXI English 0400-0557 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 300 deg to WNAm English 0600-0757 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to WeEu English https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/worlds-last-chance-radio-via-wbcq-6-is.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) If so, why? Still doing commissioning maintenance or reducing operating costs? (— Richard Langley, ibid.) Answers by Allan H. Weiner, who remain silent on the subject (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) Who also still tweeted about a multilingual service when they had already settled to English and Arabic only. Perhaps Americans are in a better position to ask questions to him (of which, as already discussed, there are more here). At least in the hour after 0700 they run English programming. Shortly after 0755 it had already wrapped up, with only a short piece of some dramatic music (presumably from a library of production music, like the `cello stuff Glenn asked about) playing over and over. At 0800 they inserted a formal, pretty bombastic closing down announcement, apparently professionally produced by the Galal Doss followers / contractors, referring to the "Samuel S. Weiner memorial international broadcasting station" or something like that. After a few seconds of silence, carrier off at 0801. So obviously no change to another frequency but indeed a complete break. Users of the Twente university receiver could be fooled by 9330 still being marked there as "Brother Stair". But on the other hand it does not appear to be too far-fetched to call Stair and Doss colleagues. And if the break between transmissions takes place from xx57 to xx00 it would remind of Nauen while it was, until 2007, in full swing with Deutsche Welle programming. It was exactly such a three minute break that had been scheduled between transmissions to repoint the antenna, no matter that it usually led to broadcasts being chopped off prematurely (Kai Ludwig, July 13, WOR iog via DXLD) Allan tells me that WBCQ-6 is still very much in the test phase. He did confirm on his radio show on July 12 that the new service will use 11.705 and 15.180 MHz in addition to 9.330, but the implementation of these new frequencies requires some work at the facility. The facility is still intended to be a 24 hour operation once the testing phase is complete. Lw (Larry Will, July 13, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) The Flat Earthers must have some concern about shortwave signals bouncing off the ionosphere and traveling around the so called round globe to various target areas. I wonder how WBCQ's Allan Weiner managed to sell them on the concept of shortwave radio reaching "around the globe"? (Rich D`Angelo, NASWA iog via DXLD) Reception of World's Last Chance Radio via WBCQ-6 July 13 0400-0557 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 300 deg to WNAm English, weak signal 0600-0757 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to WeEu English, fair signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-worlds-last-chance-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7490.155, WBCQ old TX unit, noted at S=9+20dB level at 0022 UT on July 14, music of the 50ties. 9330even, WBCQ new TX #6 unit undoubtedly nice audio of 13.2 kHz wideband, S=9+15dB in FL US state. 0025 UT on July 14, WLCR ID heard few times. Some check log entries of July 14 at 00-01 UT slot, taken in remote SDR's at Cape Canaveral FL east coast, and at Edmonton Alberta in Canada [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)) 9330.00, July 14 at 0343 tune-in, WBCQ-6 in S9+20/30 dead air, then hits WLC IS loop but brief cutoff at 0344:42. Must be having problems rather than apocalypting at this hourpart. By 0600 recheck only a JBA carrier, propagation dropout? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of World's Last Chance Radio via WBCQ-6 July 14 0600-0757 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to WeEu English, fair/good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-worlds-last-chance-radio_14.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 13-16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ 9330 absent --- Anyone notice the complete absence of WBCQ on 9330 which I noted at 0425 tune-in tonight. That's unusual, as they're usually blaring into this corner of the west coast (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, UT July 16, WOR iog via DXLD) Yes, has been missing much earlier this evening, probably all English since 00 if not Arabic earlier (Glenn Hauser, 0543 UT, ibid.) No signal of World's Last Chance WLC Radio on July 15-16 2000-2357 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 075 deg to NoAf Arabic WBCQ-6 0000-0357 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 255 deg to MEXI English WBCQ-6 0400-0557 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 300 deg to WNAm English WBCQ-6 0600-0757 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to WeEu English WBCQ-6 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-signal-of-worlds-last-chance-wlc.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 13-16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not heard on checks here at beginning at 2300 Monday thru around 0400 here in SoCal, where the signal had been close to pinning the meter since 12 July - DRA (David Alpert, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, ibid.) The superstation is off the air: Allan Weiner‏ @AllanWBCQ 7h7 hours ago Worlds superstation off line TFN while we tune up to higher frequencies and make improvements to the great antenna. Tune in 7490khz daily for more great shortwave programming. Listen and support the shortwaves. The last electronic bastion of free speech. (via Artie Bigley, July 16, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) 7490 ordinarily has a considerably poor signal on the WCNA and interior (buried in storm static, etc.) around local evening dusk and past 0400 UT. Non-DXing types would not enjoy the poor 7490 signal quality "out West" unfortunately (Steve McGreevy -- N6NKS – www.auroralchorus.com, ibid.) 9330.00, July 16 at 0109, WBCQ-6 with WLC Radio is OFF --- and not heard since as of 1605 UT July 17. Artie Bigley forwards twit from Allan Weiner July 16: [as above] Nor have we noticed any reversions to Brother Scare on the old 9330.1v transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) "FLAT EARTH MYTH" Is YouTube to blame for the rise of flat Earth? Trending --- Many people who believe the Earth is not round first heard the idea on YouTube. But how important was the video-sharing website in helping the flat Earth movement grow? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csyvn1?xtor=ES-212-[24139_worldservicenewsletter180719]-20190718-[bbcrworldservice_trending_flat_link] (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener 18 July 2019, DXLD) Since it`s ``trending``, may need to find later at some other link. Please provide if you find it (gh) WBCQ-6 World's Last Chance radio --- Hi Glenn, I thought you might like to have a look at this web page, on which WLC radio shows a number of their own version of ‘Great Circle’ maps showing planned target areas: https://www.worldslastchance.com/wlc-radio The antenna beam directions quoted in no way coincide with the shaded areas on the maps.If this doesn’t disprove their crazy notion of a flat earth, then nothing will. They must still be having technical issues. No sign of their English to U.K. service on 9330 from 0600 to 0800 UT on July 15 and 16. 73 (Alan Holder, Isle of Wight, U.K., July 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) {Later: 500 kW will not be back on until August} 5130.4, UT Thu July 18 at 0150, this weak WBCQ is on with talkshow, seems Hal Turner same as much stronger 7490.2, and not synch on 9455 WRMI. 9330v is still silent. HT live (not recommended) is UT Thu 0000-0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, July 21-27: This week, a Cuban dance party with some excellent charangas including Orquesta Estrellas de la Charanga, Enrique Álvarez, and Ritmo Oriental. The broadcasts take place: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Sofia, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) If you don't have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in the Netherlands during the broadcast at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=9400am 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC (New UTC) on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US). If you don't have a shortwave or are out of range, you can listen to a live stream from the WBCQ website here (choose 7490) http://www.wbcq.com/?page_id=7 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany. If you don't have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in the Netherlands during the broadcast at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=6070am Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, July 21 and 23, 2019: Episode 122 brings you some very intriguing contemporary music from Serbia. The transmissions take place: 1. Sundays 2200-2230 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe If you don't have a shortwave or are out of range, you can listen to a live stream from the WBCQ website here (choose 7490) http://www.wbcq.com/?page_id=7 2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe. If you don't have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in the Netherlands during the broadcast at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=6070am (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In recent weeks, in addition to the Space Line transmissions, the Tuesday night transmissions on Channel 292 have also been reaching Western Russia. We highly recommend the Tuesday night UBMP, which features recent (and interesting) music from Serbia (Tilford, addition to RusDX version, via DXLD) WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI: ** U S A. 7780, WRMI: From my recording last Sunday evening, 7-8 July UT (again, mostly weak to fair signal for the first hour or so; reception improved significantly later as evening approaches; continuous exactly 1 kHz het throughout the whole recording for some reason): 2015 Viva Miami (acknowledging listeners' reports; repeat) 2030 Reserve Military Retirement 2100 Wavescan (#541) 2130 World of Radio (#1989) 2200 Voice of the Report of the Week (not Bob Biermann's Your Weekend Show) 2300 Full Gospel Broadcast (again, tape bleed through on screams) 2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#107) 0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak 0030 Radio Slovakia International in English (repeat of last week's Sunday program for 30 June!) 0100 Wavescan (#541) 0130 World of Radio (#1989) (-- Richard Langley, July 12, WOR iog via DXLD) 9955, Radio Prague at 1216 in Spanish with a man and woman with talk with chamber music bridges and a man with ID of “Radio Praga” at 1224 and other announcements and into male folk vocals at 1225 – Fair to Good July 12 – Obviously a mistake at WRMI as this is supposed to be in English at 1200 from Monday through Saturday. The Spanish sked for Radio Praga is daily at 1130 on 5010 and 0200 on 9955. Radio Slovakia International in Spanish was as per sked at 1230 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S, Drake SPR-4, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD) and an Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee dipole, ODXA iog via DXLD) also see ARGENTINA non 5800, July 13 at 0532, Oldies at S8 and WRMI ID by Bob, // 9395; secret transmission still missing from the WRMI skedgrid. I often detect a JBA carrier on 5800, but not often definite modulation. At this hour only one other transmitter of the 14 is scheduled, 5950 with SMTV, so who knows which of the other dozen, and which antenna are on 5800, not to mention *why*? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955, UT Sun July 14 at 0041, WRMI-10 playing ME music, from the World Music stash? Not what one would expect during ``Buscando la Verdad`` scheduled now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Monitored WRMI Sunday Evening / Monday Morning (UTC) 7780 kHz Schedule --- From my recording last Sunday evening, 14-15 July UT (again, mostly weak to fair signal for the first hour or so; reception improved significantly later as evening approaches; lots of QRN initially from regional thunderstorms): 2015 Viva Miami (acknowledging listener reports; too weak in noise to tell if repeat) 2030 Reserve Military Retirement 2100 Wavescan (#542) 2130 World of Radio (#1990) 2200 Voice Of Report of Week (not Bob Biermann's Your Weekend Show) 2300 Full Gospel Broadcast 2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#108) 0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak 0030 Radio Slovakia International in English 0100 Wavescan (#542) 0130 World of Radio (#1990) 0200 Radio Prague in English [and 0230: WORLD OF RADIO again --- gh] (-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via DXLD) 7570, July 15 at 0019, WRMI-11 is off again, despite schedule as 23-04 UT; no loss with nothing but BS. Still going on 7730, 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER: ** U S A. 17775, July 16 at 1404, KVOH already S9+10, opening Spanish, probably with sporadic-E boost (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 13845, WWCR Nashville TN (presumed); 2122, 7/11; Bytuned just in time to hear Rev. Barbie say, “Rev. Scott was a cool cat. Everywhere he went, he stirred the pot, in one way or another.” S20 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15825, July 16 at 1404, WWCR S9+20 thanks to sporadic E boost, so much so that it audiblizes a squeal on the #1 transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) later: also squeals on 6115, 3215 12160 on 20190717, 1833, Alex Jones on WWCR (Nashville, TN, USA). SIO 555. SOS is being sent out via CW, then more Alex Jones. Is this a violation of FCC regulations? (James Matthew Branum, Oklahoma City, These receptions were made with a Tecsun PL-880 with an outdoor dipole cut for approximately 40 meters at my home QTH (Locator: EM15ep). From: http://blog.jmb.mx/index.php/2019/07/18/kg5jst-radio-reception-logs-july-11-17-2019/ WOR iog via DXLD) 5890, July 18 at 0546, S9+10/20 of dead air, i.e. WWCR again for no apparent reason. The other three are nominal: 5935 S9/+10 of PMS; 4840 S9+20/30 modulating algo; 3215, S9+10/20 of BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Test transmission of WTWW-3 in 19mb, very weak, July 18 from 1200 on 15810 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm English -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD) On early UT morning across the Atlantic Ocean into western Europe 15809.971 kHz odd fq, S=6 in western Europe Netherlands, Germany or Blackpool England too or -90dBm poor, or similar S=5 or -102 dBm in Cape Canaveral Florida state. At 1240 UT on July 18. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.) 15809.963V, July 18 at 1352, S7-S8 of music, obviously WTWW-3 in a rare appearance on this or any frequency, wobbling slightly. Last dates I logged it were May 18 and 19 on 15809.918. Still there at 1429 today while NO other WTWWs are on: 12105, 9930, 9475, 5830 or 5085. Still at 1648 with ``Amazing Grace``. 9475 is still off. Ivo Ivanov was hearing 15810 as early as 1200 today, and Wolfgang Bueschel measured it at 1240 on 15809.971 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15810-, July 18 at 1801 (following up previous report), WTWW-3 is still on but now with double audio! Gospel huxter talking, maybe not PPPP, and hymn with lyrix at equal level, so not intended as background, still at 1826. Carrier is wobbling slightly, which is typical, or I might suspect they are axually running two transmitters at once on same frequency. [WORLD OF RADIO 1991] 15810+, July 19 at 1544, JBA carrier but this one slightly on the plus side, and much2 weaker than 15825 WWCR at S9+10/15, so probably something else, maybe local device, unless maybe WTWW be on exciter only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5970, July 14 at 0555, WEWN with S9 of Spanish dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MONEY TRAIL TELLS THE TALE OF EWTN'S DIRECTION Nun with a head for business connected with deep pockets early on Jul 18, 2019 by Heidi Schlumpf This series represents a continuation of NCR's look at the effect of money, largely making its way through the expanding and uniquely American non-profit system, on the Catholic narrative both inside the church and beyond. EWTN is one of the major vehicles for that narrative. NCR delves into the development of the network that now has a truly global reach and includes several print publishing arms as well as the TV enterprise. This is Part Three. Part One can be read here, and Part Two can be read here. [article goes into considerable detail of the complex financial struxure and sources of support to EWTN] https://www.ncronline.org/news/media/money-trail-tells-tale-ewtns-direction ``But the largest early individual donor was Dutch millionaire Piet Derksen, who after a brief meeting with Mother Angelica in a Rome hotel lobby, gave her $23 million to start her first short-wave radio station, WEWN. Derksen, who died in 1996, made his money from a chain of sports stores.`` (via Artie Bigley who picked out this only tidbit about WEWN SW, DXLD) ** U S A. 15555, WJHR, Milton FL (presumed); 1947-2002+, 7/9; Fast talking huxter on how good things were in the good old days & how bad things are now – a common huxter theme; nearly had a huxtergasm talking about R-rated videos in the home. No huxterbreak at ToH. SIO=253, USB (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WMLK Update --- We haven't heard much lately about the rebuilding and re-equipping of that other Yahweh station, WMLK. Here is a recent messages from the WMLK Facebook page along with a couple of older ones also talking about the transmitter build.: WMLK Radio July 9 at 1:18 PM · Thankfully! We have good news to report! The WMLK Radio Transmitter build is back on tract [sic]! We were notified this AM (7/9/2019) that Ampegon was now in the process of building the TX once again! The WMLK Radio TX build has been moved to the first place in line! For this we praise and thank Almighty Yahweh! Thank You for your prayers! [we already published these oldies, but FYI here they are again - gh] WMLK Radio February 8 · A real blessing came this week! On February 5, 2019 WMLK Radio received, from the FCC, the long awaited station operational license! Once again WMLK Radio will be able to legally broadcast from its station all over the world! Praise Almighty Yahweh! Also, the building of the new set continues. The building has been stopped in order to accommodate a US government project that takes priority over our order! Progress to that point was good! More to come! Thank you for your continued support! Yahweh Bless each one of you! WMLK Radio June 11, 2018 · Just received notice from Ampegon that the new WMLK Transmitter is now 45% complete. Things are moving along quite well thankfully! Continue to pray for the completion of this great tool provided by Almighty Yahweh through His Son our Savior Yahshua! (-- via Richard Langley, July 16, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) Are Ampegon cool with Almighty Yahweh telling them what to do? WTFK? Long-abandoned only frequency was 9275, but to fool others into staying away, they have kept registering it (and paying FCC??), including as in current A-19 HFCC, silent holy Saturdays 7: 9275 1700 2200 27,28,39 MLK 125 53 0 902 123456 310319 271019 D Eng USA MLK FCC 966 Only other 9275 station anywhen, anywhere, is FEBC Philippines in Chinese at 10-16 (gh, DXLD) My last [audio-]videos of WMLK Radio Assemblies of Yahweh from March 15, 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y49GIgQi8f0&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2-k-bWxUKo&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. ``ESTADOS UNIDOS: WYFR, Family Radio: HORA UTC KHZ DIAS 0000-0400 13570 1234567 0100-0600 6065 1234567 QTH: WYFR Family Radio, 290 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, CA 94621, USA. E-mail: espanol@familyradio.com E-mail para reportes: shortwave@familyradio.com Web: www.familyradio.com`` Entre varios errores en Conexion Digital, esto NO se trata de FR, sino de la emisora imaginaria proyectada en Nevada, KIMF, como se dice en HFCC. 73, (Glenn Hauser, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** U S A. [re 19-28:] "...Geez; will they still keep the WABC calls if it have nothing to do with ABC?" Actually, Glenn, they've been uninvolved with ABC since the Disney pervs sold the entire radio operation to Citadel, other than mere network affiliation. Then the net tie went to the wayside, when Citadel was swallowed by Cumulus. They've been slowly regaining listeners since, thanks in part to hosts such as Guardian Angels' founder Curtis Sliwa, who is pretty much always interesting to listen to. There's been no such audience gain on the West Coast counterpart KABC in Los Angeles, due primarily to clumsy programming (and one highly incompetent Program Director in particular). Unquestionably Disney orchestrated the ugly death of ABC Radio overall, beginning with its takeover of Capital Cities in 1997. KABC was always in the top-5 of the L.A. ratings, from the mid-'70s through 1996. In the last June 2019 book, KABC didn't even make it into the top-40 stations listed (GREG HARDISON, July 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WBBM Tower Comes Down [and its history] https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/wbbm-newsradios-transmitter-site-moves-bloomingdale?fbclid=IwAR2EhmkIpQrsDUtKxesZzABiZuDTrHmG0Xj8PeRwO4dAi7b6Xw8fj479bWk (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. WLBE-790 EUSTIS-LEESBURG FL GOES SILENT AFTER 70 YEARS By Frank Stanfield/Correspondent, Posted Jun 27 2019 at 6:45 AM, Updated July 1 2019 at 1:20 PM https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20190627/wlbe-790-am-in-leesburg-goes-silent-after-70-year-run (via IRCA DX Monitor July 20 via DXLD) ** U S A. 910, WFDF, MI, Farmington Hills; ESPN Radio airing Astros/Rangers silly baseball game, ads, etc. & lots of ESPN Sports non-IDs. I do love their web page that has a tab ‘Where can I find 910AM Superstation?’. When you click on, it tells you about Alexa, Roku, AppleTV, Amazon Fire devices etc., but somehow manages to NOT say anything about AM radio. No WONDER 'nobody' listens to MW. In a few years, there will be infomercials where someone breathlessly sells a loop antenna & say, "We're just off the coast where we can receive AM radio with weather, sports, news & the latest music all for FREE thanks to a government mandate. Imagine what you can hear at home! Just plug in our 'magic loop' to the cable input of your radio & listen for FREE!" Sheesh. I DID note the IBOC sidebands fading in & out with the signal so I guess they only turned that off temporarily on the weekend? WWJ's is still apparently off. 4+54+44 0240-0255 12/Jul--Zichi MI (Ken Zichi, Williamson MI, SDRplay + SDRuno + rwire + FLDigi for the digital bits, MARE Tipsheet 12 July via DXLD) [950, U4 50/50 kW], WWJ appears to still not be using IBLOCK as of Tuesday AM. I'm not holding my breath, and certainly am not saying anything, but could it be true they've given up on the hybrid digital stuff? iBiquity certainly isn't cheap about licensing the use of their technology so it makes dollars sense to drop it but it seems odd they've admitted this after how 'all in' they were! (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI {or Port Hope?), MARE Tipsheet 12 July via DXLD) IBOC ** U S A. Formerly silent stations informing the FCC that they are back on the air: 950 KFSA AR Fort Smith – Silent May 26; on the air June 13. (AM Switch, NRC DX News July 23, published July 16, via DXLD) ** U S A. 1190, July 12 at 1215 UT, ``69 degrees at our studios in Beloit``, i.e. KVSV, U4 2300/90 watts should now be on day power, immediately overcome by EWTN promos, from further KDMR Kansas City MO, U2 5000/500. KVSV in north-central Kansas, pattern is circle tangent direxional to NW, not very good for us to the south, while KDMR is ND (Keep Doting on Maria Regina --- what else could it mean?) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1210, July 14 at 0459 UT, quick check immediately finds mention of Traverse City, as WJNL 50 kW daytimer continues cheating since at least June 24. QRM from more than one station KGYN, maybe WPHT and/or KUBR; predominant SAH count now is 138/minute = 2.3 Hz rather than 3+ Hz with KGYN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1210, July 17 at 0559 UT, WJNL Kingsley MI among multi-station ID of the group, so fast I have never been able to copy details, and 0600 ``news now``; top among CCI with more than one SAH, but primarily timed at 152/minute = 2.53 Hz. The 50 kW daytimer continues cheating all night. Now another report of this at the very same time July 17 from Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee WI, to the WOR io group: ``Hi All, Per Glenn Hauser's tip, I am hearing WJNL with city-grade sigs on peaks, but some deep fades as well. Tune-in at 0550 with a blizzard of commercials, followed by a show engaging conspiracy theories, then multiple IDs for MI stations on AM and FM. ToH news at 0600. In spite of the fact that they run 50 kW ND, they are very difficult to hear here on daytime groundwave, even though the path is mostly over Lake Michigan. Ground conductivity in that part of MI is poor at best, so maybe that has something to do with it. Rx: ICF-5900W and built-in antenna. 73, Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee, WI`` 1210, July 18 at 0559 UT, WJNL Kingsley MI 50 kW daytimer continues cheating all night, wrapping up talkshow something-Reality-Radio --- is it Beyond? Not on their station list http://beyondrealityradio.com/stations-list/ but time fits as Mon-Thu 12-2 am ET [04-06 UT]. I`m sure this is WJNL yet again, altho at ID time, KGYN is atop. Now the SAH is 156/minute = 2.6 Hz. Or is it Public Reality Radio? Originating with WPRR 1680 Ada (Grand Rapids)? http://www.publicrealityradio.org/ Nothing there about being on the WJNL group too, but I see some erstwhile left-wing hosts are to be heard: Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1270, WXYT, MI, Detroit, with IBOC clearly noted. Both WWJ & WFDF had their IBOC turned off. 1200 was there with weak IBOC. Was this a temporary thing, or are these stations abandoning digital? WXYT's analog was sports blather call in show on CBS Sports Radio 'The Robin Lundburg Show' with a guest host I missed the name of. WXYT.jpg 44+4+4+4, 1310-1325 6/Jul (Ken Zichi, Port Hope MI2, SDRplay + SDRuno + rwire + FLDigi for the digital bits, MARE Tipsheet 12 July via DXLD) ** U S A. KQQZ, KZQZ, WQQW AND KFTK (AM) DESIGNATED FOR REVOCATION https://radioinsight.com/headlines/177497/fcc-sends-four-st-louis-area-ams-to-license-revocation-hearing/?fbclid=IwAR1qA7b9mbe467QxHbNPIM8e4Q-yP2tm-AOsJXO7keHRfEU8pJosc4RO5f0 FCC SENDS FOUR ST LOUIS AREA AMS TO LICENSE REVOCATION HEARING, By Lance Venta On June 5 2019 The FCC has announced that it has designated Entertainment Media Trust for a hearing with an Administrative Law Judge to over alleged violations of the Communications Act and FCC rules. 1190 KQQZ Fairview Heights IL, 1430 KZQZ St Louis, 1490 KFTK East St Louis IL, and 1510 WQQW Highland IL were acquired by the company between 2006 and 2012. A petition to deny was filed for their 2012 license renewals in which local resident Mark Kern stated that the company was being run by Robert Romanik, despite he being ineligible to hold an FCC license as a convicted felon (obstruction of justice and bank fraud). The FCC concluded in an investigation that Romanik provided all of the funds for the acquisition of the stations, but while not listed as a party in any FCC filing they supported Kern’s claim that Romanik held de facto control over the stations including negotiating the LMA agreement for 1490 KFTK with Emmis Communications. The FCC states that Entertainment Media Trust, which also operates as Insane Broadcasting Company, failed or was unable to provide responsive information to the agency and is setting up the hearing to establish whether there has been an undisclosed de facto transfer of control of the Stations to Romanik, EMT engaged in misrepresentation and/or lack of candor in its applications and other communications with the Commission, or if the Trust shields Romanik or the Trust’s beneficiaries from holding attributable interests in the Stations under the Commission’s ownership attribution policies. A 2012 Riverfront Times story adds more details about why Kern got involved as Romanik would constant attack Kern, then Commissioner of St Clair County Illinois and his family on-air. Last year a court order of protection was filed against Romanik after he gave out a person’s home address and told listeners to “visit” him in retaliation for leading a boycott against KQQZ. 1490 KFTK is now leased to Entercom where it simulcasts Conservative Talk 97.1 KFTK-FM Florissant to help that stations coverage on the eastern side of the St Louis market and feeds 98.7 K254CR St Louis. EMT/Insane Broadcasting operates the other three stations with 1190 KQQZ as “Hot Talk/Killer Kountry” including a daily show hosted by Rominik, 1430 KZQZ running Oldies and 1510 WQQW currently Silent. The Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau announced today it has designated St Louis area-based Entertainment Media Trust (EMT) for a hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge to determine whether it committed serious violations of the Communications Act and the Commission’s rules. If found to have committed these serious violations, EMT’s licenses may be cancelled. EMT purchased four AM radio stations: KFTK-AM (formerly WQQX-AM), WQQW-AM, KZQZ-AM, and KQQZ-AM in the St Louis, Missouri market between 2006 and 2010. The company filed renewal applications for each of these stations in 2012. After receiving a petition to deny those applications from local resident and listener Mark Kern, the Media Bureau conducted a multiyear inquiry into the allegations that the stations were actually controlled by Robert S Romanik, who has been convicted of felony offenses for obstruction of justice and bank fraud, which would be a violation of the Communications Act and the Commission’s rules. The Bureau’s investigation found significant evidence supporting the claim that Romanik exercised de facto control over the stations. The investigation confirmed that Romanik established EMT and provided all of EMT’s funds for the acquisition of the stations, but was not listed as a party in any of EMT’s applications. The Bureau’s investigation also found that Romanik has identified himself as a radio station owner on various forms disclosing his political contributions, purported to assign EMT’s beneficial interest in the radio stations to his longtime girlfriend, Katrina M Sanders, and participated in negotiations involving a Local Programming and Marketing Agreement with Emmis Radio, LLC for KFTK in 2016. In addition, the investigation showed that EMT’s 2012 trust instrument was executed after EMT acquired the stations and does not appear to contain provisions insulating Romanik from ownership of the stations as required under Commission rules. The hearing will be scheduled and heard by the Commission’s Administrative Law Judge. (radio insight.com 6/20/19 via Eric Bueneman of Hazelwood MO, IRCA DX Monitor July 20, published July 16, via DXLD) This might be an interesting link for the forum re the St Louis stations we all commented about at the recent convention. https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/entertainment-media-trust-felon (Bill Lipis, El Cajón, California, IRCA DX Monitor July 20 via DXLD) Viz.: ST. LOUIS BROADCASTER ALLEGEDLY CONTROLLED BY A FELON FCC calls for a hearing to assess whether Entertainment Media Trust’s four licenses should be cancelled --- Emily M. Reigart ⋅ Jun 5, 2019 The radio station licenses of a St. Louis, Mo.-based broadcaster may be in jeopardy. The Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau has called for a hearing https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-19-506A1.pdf to determine if Entertainment Media Trust “committed serious violations of the Communications Act and the commission’s rules” and would thus have its four licenses cancelled. Dennis J. Watkins is listed as the trustee on this and other EMT-related commission documents. The alleged violation stems from an assertion that EMT is actually controlled by a felon, who under the Communications Act and the commission’s rules is ineligible to hold these licenses. Robert S. “Bob” Romanik was convicted of obstruction of justice and bank fraud. The commission was alerted to the issue when listener and former St. Clair County Chairman Mark Kern filed a petition to deny EMT’s 2012 renewal applications for KFTK(AM), WQQW(AM), KZQZ(AM) and KQQZ(AM). The Media Bureau then launched a multiyear investigation; it was recently completed and, according to the announcement, it unearthed evidence that Romanik established EMT, provided the funding to purchase the stations and “exercised de facto control,” despite not being listed as a party in the applications. [Broadcasters Go on Record in Droves to Share Concerns][sidebar] https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/business-and-law/broadcasters-go-on-record-in-droves-to-share-concerns However, Romanik did identify himself as a station owner political disclosure forms, but indicated Katrina M. Sanders, his longtime girlfriend, was recipient of the stations’ beneficial interest. Romanik also was found in 2016 to have participated in negotiations for KFTK to enter into a local programming and marketing agreement with Emmis Radio. While a trust instrument was executed in 2012, the investigation indicates that it did not properly insulate Romanik from the stations (and also was not created in a timely manner, since the stations were acquired between 2006 and 2010). This is far from EMT’s first brush with the commission. For example, in September 2012, the FCC issued a notice of violation https://www.fcc.gov/document/entertainment-media-trust-east-st-louis-il for WQQX(AM) — AKA KFTK — for several problems identified during an inspection. Other fines were levied in 2011 and 2013. https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/entertainment-media-trust-fined-49000 https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/fine-greatly-reduced-for-entertainment-media-trust In addition to these offenses, Romanik is not one to shy away from controversy or the limelight. Much earlier in his career, Romanik was actually a police chief, and he is also known as Insane Broadcasting’s “The Grim Reaper of Radio” http://www.kqqz1190am.com/GrimReaper.html on one of the EMT stations, according to this fascinating albeit bizarre 2012 profile in the Riverfront Times. https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/romaniks-interlude-an-ex-con-finds-his-second-calling-as-the-grim-reaper-of-radio/Content?oid=2500625 (The Grim Reaper lives on in podcast form, in case you’re interested.) In another write up, the editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch expressed dismay at Romanik’s play for an Illinois state Senate seat. Radio World reached out to Entertainment Media Trust via Insane Broadcasting and phone numbers listed on station websites, as well as the number listed for trustee Watkins. However, no one was available to comment as of writing. Read the full hearing and designation order online. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-19-506A1.pdf (via DXLD) ** U S A. 1650, FLORIDA (HAR), FdoT, I-10 Exit 70, Mossy Head. Noted a mile or so west of the SR-285 exit with a fairly small signal footprint. Compu-woman 1:10 minute loop: "Attention all motorists driving on Interstate 10 [ridiculously long pause]. You are listening to the Florida Department of Transportation District Three Highway Advisory Radio Radio System, call signs WQVT445, WQVT446, WQVT448, WQVT453, WQVT456, WQVT457, WQVT459, and WQVT5-0-1, broadcasting on 16-50 AM. This system is intended to provide the traveling public with real time highway advisories and information. When the yellow lights on the roadway signs are flashing, emergency information is being broadcasted [sic]. Tune your radio to this station for detailed traffic information on the routes you will be traveling. Know before you go, and dial 5-11." 95.3 MHz, FLORIDA, WXEI-LP, Crestview. The city's only licensed (and listed as active) LPFM isn't, at least this mid-morning. Radio silence except for someone distant with Classic C&W for a moment while at the bottom of a deep hill in Crestview. **************************************** Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. COLUMBUS SCHOOLS WEIGH OPTIONS FOR WCBE AS RARE DISTRICT OWNING PUBLIC RADIO STATION By Alissa Widman Neese The Columbus Dispatch Posted Jul 14, 2019 at 12:01 AM Updated Jul 14, 2019 at 11:14 AM In the 1950s, Columbus City Schools students listened to radio broadcasts — cutting-edge education technology — in their classrooms for an hour each morning. There were lessons on Ohio’s 88 counties and the city of Columbus, narrated by a teacher, to supplement state history units, according to archived Dispatch articles. Children also listened to science, math, art and music programs. By the 1960s, schools as far as 50 miles from Columbus tuned in, too, and the daily broadcasts grew to several hours. These days, WCBE (90.5 FM), a public radio station owned by the Columbus Board of Education since 1956, operates quite differently. Get the news delivered to your inbox: Sign up for our morning, afternoon and evening newsletters Thursday morning, a singer on tour from Nashville belted out ballads and played acoustic guitar in a studio while her husband played keyboard. NPR news programming followed, updating as many as 65,000 unique weekly listeners throughout central Ohio. In the wake of news that the station’s former general manager, Dan Mushalko, concealed nearly $870,000 in debt for years from school district officials by falsifying documents, administrators are evaluating whether the local NPR affiliate is worth keeping beyond the coming school year. . . [more] https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190714/columbus-schools-weigh-options-for-wcbe-as-rare-district-owning-public-radio-station (via Artie Bigley, Columbus, DXLD) ** U S A. 88.1 WBFM, July 16 at 1342 UT, `Stardate` via KWOU Woodward concludes with Sandy Wood saying this is her last show! She is retiring due to health problems. We`ll miss her very much; these 2-minute capsules she always filled with a sense of wonder, whether elementary astronomy or something intriguingly deeper. She must be older than she sounds with her lovely voice. I`ve always felt the Stardate website did not give enough credit to Sandy; in fact searching on site, this is about all we can find: https://stardate.org/astro-guide/gallery/celebrating-sandiys ``Celebrating the Sandi/ys Featured on July 4, 2016 Two key players in the StarDate and McDonald Observatory public outreach programs are celebrating milestones in July. Sandy Wood (left) is commemorating her 25th anniversary as the voice of StarDate radio. Her first recording session was on July 23, 1991. And Sandi Preston is retiring from McDonald Observatory on July 4. She is the Observatory's assistant director for education and outreach, and executive producer of StarDate radio.`` We heard her successor July 17 at 1458 on KUCO: ``The New Voice of StarDate https://stardate.org/content/new-voice-stardate Billy Henry in the studio while recording his first StarDate episodes. Billy Henry, a voice talent, musician, composer, and college lecturer in Austin, will become the third narrator of the StarDate radio program in its 41-year history. He assumes the title from Sandy Wood, who retired from the program effective July 16. Henry’s first program will air the following day. “I feel extremely privileged to be a part of the StarDate team,” says Henry. “I’ve been listening for years and now I get to be the voice. What a great experience.” “I’ve had the privilege to work with the first two StarDate announcers, Joel Block and Sandy Wood, and I know that Billy will maintain the high standards these great talents have established for the show,” says StarDate producer Damond Benningfield. “Billy and I have worked together before, so I knew he would be a really good fit for our style and content. I’m looking forward to many years of working together.” Henry is involved in many creative fields. He is a lecturer at Texas State University in San Marcos, teaching classes in writing music for TV and film, mixing for TV and film, and an introduction to desktop production. He has also taught at The University of Texas at Austin, and done sound design and other creative projects for the theater department. Henry has written or mixed hundreds of pieces of music for commercial clients ranging from Chili’s to AT&T to Southwest Airlines. In 1999, he wrote the score for the film “American Detective,” and in recent years he has joined the world tours of The Court Yard Hounds, Shakira, and the Dixie Chicks. Henry also describes himself as a “maker of things,” including musical instruments. He also has a pilot’s license and is working toward his commercial rating. Greetings from Billy Henry [41-second clip]`` Around here we get Stardate M-F only at 1342 UT on KGOU and relays; if we miss that as KWOU 88.1 relay propagation from Woodward is sporadic, via KUCO 90.1 at 1458 UT; and if we miss that, repeated on KUCO at 2358 UT. I gather there are also editions on Sat & Sun not scheduled by our stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) more: see INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non] ** U S A. Univision will rebrand its multi-platform Spanish Sports Univision Deportes as TUDN on Saturday, July 20. Standing for “Tú Deportes Network” or “Your Sports Network”, the rebranding follows a partnership with Grupo Televisa to expand the platform into Mexico. The move will also affect the company’s Univision Deportes Radio network whose programming is heard on Univision AMs in New York, Los Ángeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and McAllen as well as on SiriusXM’s streaming app. With the upcoming demise of the competing ESPN Deportes Radio, the network could be in line to add some additional affiliates (From Radio Insight, via Wayne Heinen, NRC AM Log update via AM Switch, NRC DX News July 23, published July 16, via DXLD) ** U S A. WDPN DT-2 (formerly KJWP) Wilmington, DE/Philadelphia has increased their ERP to 34 kW. They probably have had the increased power for about 6 weeks or so. Their coverage area is similar to WPVI DT-6. The FCC Query information shows the 28 dB coverage area to be at 74.5 miles. I am located close to the 74.5 mile distance and their signal is up near the top of the signal meter (90+%) on the Zenith box without a preamp. I am using a Winegard PR-5040 VHF antenna but I am on a hill with better signal reception from the south. Watch for their stronger signal when there is trop enhancement or e-skip (Bob Seaman Hazleton, PA, July 13, WTFDA gg via DXLD) Their pilot carrier is always showing S6-S7 here, similar to ch 3. I hardly noticed it before. No decodes, though (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) DTV ** UZBEKISTAN. On February 13, two antenna-mast structures with a height of 235 meters, located in the village of Solnechny, Zangiata District, Tashkent Region, were dismantled in a special way. After the suspension of radio broadcasting in the range of long and medium waves since 2002, these antenna mast structures have not been used. Before the start of work on dismantling the huge antennas, the population of the region was warned. All precautionary measures were also taken by involving the district hokimiyat, emergency, internal affairs and fire safety departments, as well as specialists from the ambulance services, electrical and gas supply. Now the territory where huge antennas were installed will be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense. In their place will build a modern military camp. In the last century, broadcasting systems were mainly set to use long and medium waves, as well as partially short waves. A radio station near the village of Solnechny in the Zangiata district of the Tashkent region was at one time adapted for broadcasting just such waves. In the 80s of the last century, a radio communication system was built for the distribution of long waves between two masts with a height of 235 meters. The main reasons for the widespread development of broadcasting in the wave bands (frequency 148.5–408 kHz, wavelength 2020–735 meters) and medium (frequency 526.5–1606.5 kHz, wavelength 570–186 meters) are associated with the use of radio tubes and transistors radio transmitters of the time. It became possible to produce a large number of low-frequency radios operating in these bands. In addition, the radio waves that transmitted powerful broadcasting operating in these bands were spread over relatively large distances along the curved surface of the earth. However, no more than 10–20 radio stations could operate on the long wavelength. The quality of the analog signal was relatively low and with a high influence of the noise level. As a result, long-wave broadcasting worldwide is declining. Including broadcasting in Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan was discontinued. In Uzbekistan, broadcasting in the range of long and medium waves has been suspended since 2002. http://www.mitc.uz/ru/news/786 (radiomaa / “open_dx”)(via Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) There was a broadcast, and even what! I take out (from wide leg :)) WRTH-1993, the very first from my collection, and I see there on LW / MW: 162 UZR1 150 kW 576 Mayak 5 kW 666 UZR2 + Reg 30 kW 1062 UZR1 ??? kw (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / “open_dx”, ibid.) I have the first handbook for 1987. There are three programs: First 162 kHz Took. The second is 666 kHz. Lithuanians always killed. The third 1062, 1539, 1593 kHz accepted everything. QSL sent from the frequency of 5925 kHz (Alexander Golovikhin, Tolyatti, Russia / “open_dx”, ibid.) See also KOREA NORTH [non] ** VATICAN [non]. 7305. Jul 16, 2019. 0105-0127, Vatican Radio, Greenville-NC, in Portuguese. Woman announcer talks news about church and pope; 0125 Woman talking, ends programming; A song; 0127 IS. Very good reception in this 2nd day test in Portuguese, 55544 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) 7305, July 16 at 0127, Vatican Radio IS, 0130 opening Spanish. In a surprise move, VR relay via IBB Grimesland NC has re-expanded back to 30 minutes, after many months curtailed to only 15 starting at 0145 (but carrier usually on at least 10 minutes earlier), and also adding Portuguese at 0100, which I have just missed today; per HFCC effective 15 July, both daily 250 kW at 164 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VATICAN RADIO (VATICAN NEWS) TO RESUME SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS FOR BRAZIL Dear friends, The ZENIT news agency, in its dispatch of today reports that Vatican News (ex-Vatican Radio) will resume its shortwave broadcasts in Portuguese for Brazil, as of August 1-st, 2019. This move is in the context of the Synod for the Amazonian region, which will be held between the 6-th and the 27-th of October. Vatican News hopes, in this way, to reach a target audience of more than 25 million people, which do not have easy access to the new technologies. 73, (via Cristian Mocanu, Romania, July 16, bclnews.it yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) already ** VENEZUELA [and non]. 1040, COLOMBIA, HJAI R. Tropical, Barranquilla, JUN 15, 0100 - Old style vocal, man with R. Tropical ID; fair to good.{A} (Mark Connelly WA1ION, South Yarmouth MA; Elad FDM-S2, cardioid pattern SuperLoop 9m vertical by 20m horizontal (peak 75°, null 255°), cardioid pattern Kaz Delta 6m vertical by 20m horizontal (peak 135°, null 315°), {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed at http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2019.htm --- NRC IDXD via DXLD) 1039.61, VENEZUELA, YVLB, La Voz de Carabobo, Valencia, JUL 13, 0059 - Poor; nostalgic/romantic vocal, long La Voz de Carabobo male voice ID. Measured 1039.614 as listed in mwlist offsets. HJAI also observed at 1039.994/5 kHz on the low side of the domestic jumble (Bruce Conti, WPC1CAT, Nashua NH; WiNRADiO Excalibur, variable termination Super/Ewe antennas 15 x 23-m at 60° northeast and 180° south, ibid.) ** VIETNAM [non]. The Voice of Vietnam’s English broadcasts at 0000, 0100 and 0130 UT on 7315 kHz (via WHRI) are all heard here in the UK with good reception (with 0000 UT providing the strongest reception at my location). I listened to the Sunday 16 June at 0000 UT transmission and was interested in the Saturday Report programme with a short feature marking the 10th anniversary of the VOV Traffic Channel: “Broadcasting on FM 91 MHz, VOV traffic channel has installed modern cameras, and established hotlines to connect with listeners and give around the clock news on traffic, current affairs, society and culture. The “Rush Hour” programme - which broadcasts three times a day with traffic instructions, and regulations, as well as driving safety skills - has proved to be the most popular and interactive VOV. [G] The programme broadcasts live traffic information, weather forecasts, and traffic jam warnings produced by editors, reporters and a number of collaborators. It also provides a platform for people to raise their voices on burning issues to authorities. [G] “In 2017, VOV Traffic was broadcast in the Mekong Delta with a new format, named Mekong FM 90 MHz. The channel soon becomes popular with practical programs featuring not only traffic but also current affairs, news and local music. “VOV President Nguyen The Ky stressed the need for VOV Traffic Channel to improve its programmes: ‘Over the past 10 years, VOV Traffic Channel has well fulfilled its tasks to serve traffic sector and assure traffic safety. [G] In the context of developing technology and increasing news demand, VOV Traffic Channel needs to do more to create breakthrough in its programmes to serve listeners’.” (Above: Foreign guests visit VOV Traffic Channel, courtesy VOW website at http://vovworld.vn/en-US.vov == caption] A slightly critical note to end that report, I felt. Anyway - interesting to hear about that station. The broadcast then continued with the always enjoyable Weekend Music programme, today featuring some rather nice duets. Three songs were heard, starting with a song written in 1978 which was a love story about two young people during wartime called "I'm at the end of the river, and you're at the other". This was followed by a song about the life between soldiers and the ones they left behind (based on a poem inspired by letters written by soldiers to their loved ones). The final song was about a couple exchanging promises of love ahead of a shooting contest between ethnic people living in Vietnam's northern mountain region. Very pleasant listening. I listened also to the Sunday broadcast (transmitted Monday 0000 UT on 7315 kHz) – in particular to The Sunday Show, described by VoV as “our biggest show”. Today’s programme was a fascinating feature about Hanoi’s Tay Ho district (15 minutes from Hanoi’s Old Quarter) including the capital city’s largest lake (with a circumference of 17 Km) called West Lake. It sounds a fascinating area, and the programme covered many of the attractions of the area. For example Lotus Tea made from lotus plants in the West Lake - long regarded as the best for scenting tea. “The lotus flowers must be picked in the early morning, when the dew is still heavy, in order to ensure the tea's freshness. [G] Anthers are separated from the newly-collected flowers and then mixed with dried green tea. After two days, remove the anthers from the tea before drying the tea again in low heat. Add more anthers and continue scenting the tea. The process is repeated three times or more. It takes 100 to 120 lotus flowers to make just one gram of tea.” That’s a lot of lotus flowers, and I suspect that the tea is very expensive. The programme continued with some rather delicious sounding shrimp cakes before moving on to talk about: “Trich Sai village on the bank of West Lake [..] one of six ancient villages in Tay Ho district, which has preserved its rich traditional culture. [G] The village still has many old pagodas, temples, and shrines and a communal house.” Another very enjoyable programme. The Sunday Show is probably my favourite on Voice of Vietnam – although Colourful Vietnam and Weekend Music are also high on my list with Letterbox, Discovery Vietnam and Village Life also in the running! Here is the current V of Vietnam programme schedule: Sunday: News, The Sunday Show Monday: News, Current Affairs, Colourful Vietnam, Personality of the Week Tuesday: News, Current Affairs, Society, Business Wednesday: News, Current Affairs, Letterbox Thursday: News, Current Affairs, Economy, Discovery Vietnam Friday: News, Current Affairs, Our Village Life, Culture Saturday: News, Saturday Report, Weekend Music (Alan Roe, Listening Post, July BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, Zambia NBC, Radio 1, 2000-2010, 13-07, African songs, Vernacular, comments. 24322. Also 0500-0520, 14-07, English, id. “It’s seven hours, Radio One Zambia, your radio, your service”, news, advertisements. 25422 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, 6015, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 0354-0420, 13-07, Swahili, comments. 25433. (Méndez) 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1822-1834, 12-07, Swahili, comments. Very weak. 14321. Also 1758-1805, 14-07, Swahili, at 1800 time signals, English, ID and news. Very weak. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 580, 1045 June 13, 2019. Promos for something Saturdays and Sundays, into Mexi-tunes. Pointing SW/NE. Suspect a Mexican. The following day same time frame, female mentioning "... del Aire" once. XEMU La Rancherita del Aire, Piedras Negras, Coahuila is allegedly XELRDA now but some older reports say it (is/was) still XEMU (Terry Krueger, All times/dates GMT, Niceville, British West Florida, ICF-7600GR, Sangean PR-D5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Something completely different: To be observed around 0800 was a RTTY signal on 6003 kHz. I very much doubt that this was a legitimate utility operation that had intruded into the 49 metre broadcasting band, with RTTY being almost extinct now anyway. So some childish jamming against the 6005 transmission appears to take place here. Some people have definitely way too much time and money in their hands (Kai Ludwig, July 13, WOR iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. And BTW I heard the RTTY signal reported in one of your postings on about 6003. It was much stronger than anything on 6005. However, it's not currently audible today at 1016 UT. I've noticed the number of spy stations that Ivo continues to report so could it have been one of them? I hope that both of you are keeping well. 73 from (Noel Green, NW England, to Wolfgang Bueschel and gh, July 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4XZ, Israeli DF in Haifa, would sometimes intrude around there but in CW (gh, DXLD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1991: Dear Glen[n], For many years I listened to World of Radio every Saturday evening when it was on WWCR. After that arrangement came to an end, it left such a void in my Saturday evenings. I started downloading the weekly podcast and saved it up for Saturday night. Now, thanks to WRMI, I`m once again able to listen to WOR on Saturday evening, over the air, just as intended. For the past few weeks, I`ve been listening to the Sunday 0130 broadcast on WRMI 5850 kHz. Thank you for continuing to be a part of my Saturday evening for all these years. Best regards and 73s, (Doug Brown, London ON, with a US$ check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK, 73702-1684, USA) One may also contributed via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com Glenn, Here is an old article I think your fans may be interested in. Will you be interested in posting it on your site? [cover] https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Consumer/Archive-Elementary-Electronics-IDX/IDX/60s/Elementary%20Electronics-1967-09-10-OCR-Page-0001.pdf [contents] https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Consumer/Archive-Elementary-Electronics-IDX/IDX/60s/Elementary%20Electronics-1967-09-10-OCR-Page-0004.pdf [column about gh] https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Consumer/Archive-Elementary-Electronics-IDX/IDX/60s/Elementary%20Electronics-1967-09-10-OCR-Page-0036.pdf (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) I can`t find any indication of who wrote the column saying such nice things about me --- the beginning of my monthly reports to Radio Nederland`s DX Jukebox (gh) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ ITU VERSION OF HF SCHEDULES HF Broadcasting Schedules are issued at the end of each month with the exception of June. They contain the combined scheduled notified to the ITU by the Administrations or other broadcasting organisations for the corresponding season. Schedules are generally posted two weeks after the end date for submission. https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/broadcast/HFBC/Pages/Schedule.aspx?fbclid=IwAR3vm8W9BMnXdAUzM-LEuYe2OjZ9B2bMT4fTIa1eU03V1JCandadBfEvkZM (Mauno Ritola / https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrthgroup/?ref=bookmarks) via Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) IN HFCC FORMAT AND HFCC IN THE HEADER, but these are strictly ```in-band`` unlike HFCC, omitting anything between the following gap ranges: <5905, 6195-7205, 7445-9410, 9895-11605, 12095-13575, 13860-15110, 15795-17485, 17895-18950, 18950-21455, 21840-25800. HFCC`s own skeds are of course updated almost daily, so who needs these watered-down occasional ITU versions? As of 20 July, the latest one at ITU is dated 28 May. https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/broadcast/HFBC/editions/a19s2.txt Could ITU contain entries missing from HFCC, such as CUBA, whence Arnie Coro proudly claims he notifies ITU, and that is enough, boycotting HFCC where he might have to negotiate with --- ugh --- Americans? Yes! HAB entries (not just CRI relays) are in ITU without any further site specifics, like 6000, 6060, 6100 --- but NOT 6165! Instead the outdated 6180 which was the original A-19 plan. Also pretends constant spurs, harmonix and leapfrog mixing products do not exist even when falling inband, like 6010, 11840, 11860, 12000. Anyhow does show alleged power and azimuth for each fundamental. But no language details. Like HFCC, this also claims numerous imaginary Russian and Indonesian SW frequencies. Now what other countries might be in ITU but not HFCC? TAIWAN? Which is banned from HFCC by the ChiCom. NO way. Anything else? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NSRIC --- NUMBERS STATIONS Welcome to the NSRIC (Numbers Station Research and Information Center) main website. We are an organization that focuses on the interest of number stations and spy related activity. Check our introduction for a detailed summary. This site is our project which is used to keep all of our info easily available. https://www.numbers-stations.com (via Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec, July Radio HF Internet Newsletter via DXLD) EDWARD KUSALIK QSL REPORT QSL Report to July the 15th 2019 with indications on stations heard via remote listening posts. Ascension Island 11660, Bible Ministries. E-mail reply with a photo of the island and name of the station on the reply. E-mail report sent to and reply from: followthebibleminsitries@yahoo.com Reply in 7 days V/S: David Hoff Central African Republic 6030, Radio Water for Good, Boali, rec’d a blank verification card/QSL, which needed to be filled in with your name, date and time. Also sent a cover letter thanking my report. Reply from: becky@waterforgood.org V/S; Rebecca Inmon (via remote site in South Africa) Congo Democratic Republic 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukava. Within 24 hours of posting a follow-up, rec’d back a cover letter and E-QSL card. Total time of 106 days, 24 hours after posting a f/up for a January Report. Report sent to: radiokahuzi@gemail.com BUT reply came from besi.rwanda@gmail.com V/S: Richard and Kathy McDonald (via remote site in Europe) Germany 6070, Funkerberg via Channel 292 Rohrbach Waal Transmitter. Rec’d via Postal mail, a nice full well 370 photos of staff and station, pamphlet, plus a verification letter. This for an e-mail report to: welle370@funkerberg.de (via remote site in UK) Romania 5955. Radio Romania International. E-mail confirmation letter with full data, apologizing that they have no QSL’s to be sent out, but they sent an E-QSL of Woman’s celebration costume of a village in Sanovita. Reply in 70 days. Report to: engl.rri@gmail.com Sweden 6030. Radio Nord Revival Special Broadcast via Sala. Rec’d by mail a very attractive QSL of seagull on a microphone with full data. This for a report to Swedish address: Ronny Forslund, White House, SE-17995 Svartsjö, Sweden Reply in 120 days. V/S; Ronny Forslund QSL Manager (via remote site in Russia Remote) USA, 15770, Supreme Master Television via WRMI Okeechobee Transmitter. Nice full data (with site) but no name of the program or station. Reply in 56 days. This for a report to: info@wrmi.net CAMADA. X-band 1610, Humsafar Radio, CHRN. Sent another e-mail report but this time to President of this station. Rec’d back with 1.2 hours a verification reply from the station President, Jasvir Sardhu. I ask what the name Humsafar means and it is “Travelling together in Life” Numerous reports in the past failed, so many thanks to our colleague, Vashek Korinek, in South Africa. (via remote site in Maine) USA. 1700, WRCR Haverstraw, New York. Rec’d a nice E-mail Verification Letter with details about the station and the announcer. Also enclosed, photos of the tower and transmitter. Reply came back from alex@wrcr.com V/S: Alexander Medakovich, Station Announcer (via remote site in Milton Ontario) FREE Radio 6910.0, KCR/Key Radio AM. Rec’d an E-QSL and cover letter, within 8 hours of posting my e-mail report to: keyradioam@gmail.com (via remote site) 6930 AM, Radio Pirana International, from somewhere in South America. Rec’d a very nice 2-page letter with up-date of the station, about Jorge and travels to South America. The QSL a nice E-QSL showing the countryside and farmhouse. Reply in 62 days. E-mail to/from: rpi@radiopirana.com (via remote site – VE6JY’s site) 6925.0. Radio Igloo via a rely from Radio Gaga. Rec’d a special #005 QSL of Igloo, in 2 days. Report to: radioigloo@gmail.com 6275.40, Radio Enterhaten German Pirate. Rec’d a very colorful E-QSL of a Pirate Bost [?], with three pirates – a TRUE Classic! also a nice cover letter in 34 days. Rpt sent too: enterhaken@gmx.net (via remote site in Russia) (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA. July 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LANGUAGE LESSONS see also SCOTLAND [non] ++++++++++++++++ RADIO PHILADELPHIA (106.5 FM) POPULARIZES THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE Our compatriots, who settled in the United States, have different attitudes to the language of their homeland: some carefully pass it on to children and grandchildren, others are indifferent to it, which is why the work done by Svetlana is so important, the Modern Russian portal tells [sic; non-native speakers and computers need to learn the difference between tells and says, i.e. transitive vs intransitive --- gh]. “When the program was being prepared for release, we learned that at the same time, 45 years ago, Joseph Brodsky’s compilation Part of Speech was published, the radio host quotes the website.“ Part of speech is not only a morphological category. ” Part of the speech "for us, releasing the program, sounds wider: this is a subject for conversation with an interesting interlocutor, and the object of study, and focus, angle, point of view." The main goal of the program is to draw the attention of listeners, divorced from the natural language environment, to the importance of understanding the problem of high-quality Russian speech in its formation, maintenance, preservation. Svetlana emphasizes that people who are fluent in Russian become the guests of the broadcast: philologists, writers, teachers, translators, journalists ... Listeners can ask questions during live broadcasts, calling within an hour, can send a text message to a special phone in the studio or in the comments to the post on Facebook. By the way, the main listeners of the radio are native speakers living in Philadelphia in the North-East region - the traditional residence of the Russian-speaking diaspora. Elena Kuhtenkova, rg.ru http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__74155/ (via Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) Big deal publicity for an itty-bitty station, never adequately identified. 106.5 in Phila is WPPM-LP, 90 watts horizontal only, HAAT 19.9 meters with ``variety`` format per WTFDA Database (gh, DXLD) MUSEA +++++ NEW SCIENCE MUSEUM EXHIBITION RSGB July 12, 2019 https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2019/07/12/new-science-museum-exhibition/ Discover the remarkable world of codebreaking, ciphers and secret communications in a new exhibition at the Science Museum in London. From the trenches of the First World War to the latest in cyber security, Top Secret explores over a century’s worth of communications intelligence through hand-written documents, declassified files and previously unseen artefacts from the Science Museum Group’s and GCHQ’s historic collections. It includes the story of Alan Turing and the team of Bletchley Park codebreakers who broke the Enigma code in 1941. Top Secret coincides with the 100th anniversary of GCHQ and runs until 23 February 2020. The exhibition is free, but booking is required (via Mike Terry, July 14, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ THURSDAY 5 - MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER: EUROPEAN DX COUNCIL CONFERENCE 2019 IN ANDORRA. An EDXC coach leaves Toulouse, France on Thursday 5 September (Toulouse Blagnac airport at 1800, cost approx €26) to go to the conference hotel in Andorra (a four hour trip). A coach will return to Toulouse on Sunday 8 September, leaving Andorra approx 1400 and including a one-hour stop in the Spanish enclave of Llivia, arriving in Toulouse at 1900 (coach cost approx €38). Please contact EDXC Assistant Secretary-General Christian Ghibaudo if you wish to book a place on the coach. chr.ghibaudo@gmail.com The conference will start on the morning of Friday 6 September, with a visit to Radio Valira. Conference registration and the conference sessions in the afternoon and evening. Conference sessions and excursions, including a visit to Radio Andorra, will run on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September. We will then transfer by coach to Toulouse on Sunday 8 September, staying overnight at the Ibis Styles Hotel Maribu, opposite Toulouse Central Station. Prices per room, including breakfast: Single €55; Double/Twin/Triple €65, plus a Tourist Tax of €1.65 per night per person. An extra night (double) will be €99. Contact chr.ghibaudo@gmail.com A tour of Toulouse has been arranged for Monday 9 September. The conference will be held at the Golden Tulip Andorra Fenix Hotel, C/Prat Gran 3-5, AD700, Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra. Single room €75.12; Double/Twin room €85.85; Triple room €122.33. Extra nights are at the same prices. To book, e-mail reserves@daguisa.com Specify ‘Golden Tulip EDXC Meeting’ and your name. More details including travel options at https://edxcnews.wordpress.com For other events see the club website http://www.bdxc.org.uk and http://rsgb.org/main/news/rallies (July BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ GRAYLAND 2009 ASIANS AUDIO TRACK WITH COMMENTARY.MP3 Uploaded By: chutton12000 Description: You can access this file at the URL: https://groups.io/g/IRCA/files/DX%20MP3%27s%20West%20Coast/Grayland%202009%20Asians%20audio%20track%20with%20commentary.mp3 Cheers, (The Groups.io Team via DXLD) See also ALASKA NEWFOUNDLAND 2015 AUDIO FILE I created an audio file from our Newfoundland 2015 receptions and added an ID of each clip so you'll know what's what. There's stuff from Africa, Europe, Asia, North America and South America. It's in the Newfoundland 2015 folder in the Files area. And here's a link to the folder: https://groups.io/g/IRCA/files/Newfoundland%202015%20DXpedition I had trouble copying and pasting the link but this seems to work. (Chuck Hutton, July 12, IRCA iog via DXLD) Many familiar signals for me, of course. Generally better quality than here. Especially 684 that usually gets dope-slapped by 680 WRKO across the bay. The audio quality on 612 Morocco and 711 W. Sahara is way better than what I get. Here the carriers can be fat but the modulation seems weak, at least compared to Spain stations of comparable S-meter level. Check out 740 Brazil at 17min 10sec. The electronic "Close Encounters" 5-note electronic sounder is a dead giveaway for this station. Logged with this here in MA numerous times. Cuts through the mush just like the 1188 Iran bing-bang-bong ascending chimes. You will hear that even if the rest of the signal is muck. I give credit to the DXpeditioners to get the Brazilian in with little evidence of 740 CHCM. So far I found the following discrepancy: second "630 Tunisia" recording (start at 8min 20sec) is actually WUNO (NotiUno) PR, often dominant at night here too. Anyone interested in East Coast DX should check it out. Lots of good top-of-hour pips to sort out people's in-the-mud mystery catches. Since we're almost 4 years ago with this, it may be worth going on European or Latin American SDR's or station streams to verify that what is being used in 2019 for pips, slogans, jingles, etc. still applies. UTC times of reception might have been worth including in the commentary although I'm sure that receiver sunset time is generally most productive for TA's and Brazil. It certainly works like that here. Have only listened into the 700s so far. Maybe I'll put more comments out after I hear the rest (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.) Cut and paste errors; at least I found all but one. Fixed and new version uploaded (Chuck, ibid.) I finished listening and it seems that Iran, Romania, and the UK are rather under-represented. The aurora must have thrown the blanket over those (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.) I'm not too motivated to report each and every big guns repeatedly. That's why you also didn't find Globo 1100, Globo 1220 etc. To know about the 45 England logs and the 13 Romanins from 2015, check out the report at dxing.info (Chuck, ibid.) OK, thanks for the explanation. I was thinking that it had something to do with propagation since quite a few Spain big guns were included as well as the Algerians (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, ibid.) I am only up to 30 minutes of this recording but find you have put together many interesting signals and good quality for the most part. This will help me along with many Brazil stations represented in my quest for other signals from this country. Chuck, I want to thank you for your time and effort for putting this together (Roy Barstow - Falmouth, MA, July 13, ibid.) Thank you Chuck for sharing Newfoundland stuff. I see that we have similar audio settings for DX. If my ears aren't fooling me, your Perseus is set to SSB, NO AGC and filter BW set at 12 kHz with a near 4 KHz Pass Band Tuning :) (Sylvain Naud, QC, ibid.) Very close. I do have AGC, either medium or slow. Perseus BW is generally 3.5 kHz. Yes, I prefer SSB to reduce interference from the other sideband. Not mentioned but important to me : the low side of the filter is set to 120 Hz or close to that (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) Here as I deal with generally much weaker signals, I prefer AGC OFF because I find that the AGC, even set at medium, pumps up the background noise thus covering weak signals and it does even worse when it comes to static crashes, sometimes burying completely a weak ID while the volume is recovering (Sylvain Naud, IRCA iog via DXLD) Mark, Thanks for your comments. My responses: ``Thanks for that report Pete. What did you use for audio recording?`` Sony TCM-200DV cassette recorder. I then converted the recordings to RIAA since that seemed to sound better. ``Would the GPS in a cellphone work on the ship to get coordinates I wonder?`` No. The captain announced the noontime positions each day we were at sea and I got them from a navigation program on my phone when we were in port. ``I would think that the route going from Florida to the Azores, passing due south of here at some point, would put you in range of a lot of Brazilian and other South American DX. While passing south of the New England states the NYC and Boston 50 kW stations should be good at least 600 miles out on daytime groundwave though the Norfolk, VA area ones might even be better at that lower latitude.`` Just about all the East Coast heavies showed up during the early part of our six-day crossing but I didn’t spend a lot of time on domestics. ``Many of the stations you picked up are semi-regular here, especially the higher power ones from Spain and Algeria. Greece is quite a bit tougher though from the eastern Mediterranean 864 Egypt often blasts, as on: https://app.box.com/s/xm0r2ldrze8q7x30u4k4ftheukwcvaa2 `` I did note that one but really wasn’t familiar enough with the band in the Mediterranean, with its multiple languages, to say for sure that I had Egypt. I also noted the strong AA on 783 but really can’t confirm that it was Syria. I am assuming it was but don’t count it as a logging. ``1422 Algeria sounds like this here. Note the final pip a higher pitch (right before the anthem). https://app.box.com/s/yqztvgs2bwyqv1v8y4tryvg6k4t969pj `` This one really seemed to get out, but again, on my recordings, I didn’t hear anything specifically IDable. However, I have the same anthem you recorded. After the two Jil FM frequencies, which had a head start, I was just surprised how early in the trip 1422 came in. ``This is typical 549 "Jil FM" Algeria here: https://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/audio1/algeria-549_20170412_0000z.mp3 `` I did get it a couple of times but it comes pretty fast and is very short. And yes, I did hear it wiping out 550 while we were still lingering off the East Coast. ``Did any of the UK stations (693, 810, 882, 909, 1053, 1089, 1215, 1341, etc.) come through or were you too far south?`` At one time or another, all the ones you mentioned were heard chipping away US domestics. However, I didn’t spend a lot of time on these because there is such widespread familiarity. It was more interesting for me to track all the Newfies. ``I wonder if anyone has done SDR captures from the mid-Atlantic either from a ship or plane.`` We came within 15 miles of Bermuda which was devoid of AM stations from there or anywhere else on 5/5 at 6pm local. This was surprising because I remember hearing WINS during the daytime there on a previous trip eons ago. That night, as we moved further NE at about 18 knots, I don’t see any log reference to Latins. By the 6th (3 nights out) all the Euro heavies (and Newfies) were resplendent. I just found all my recordings from our around-South America trip in Feb.-Mar. so info on this will be coming shortly (Pete Taylor, Tacoma, WA, (Responding to Mark Connolly’s post), IRCA iog via DXLD) Thanks, Pete, for the informative comments. I'm surprised about no Latin Americans since you sailed right across the bearings from here to Brazil. Those stations (610, 700, 760, and a few others) have been pretty consistent lately. I'll be looking forward to that South America report. Many of us in the east are pointing antennas that way this time of year (Mark Connelly, WA1ION. South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.) 5-year-old recordings are starting to look more like history than actionable stuff but it still might be interesting to know what was heard, especially longer-haul DX such as US/Canada, TA's, TP/DU heard anywhere in South America. Regarding stations in the region, it should be noted that many Venezuelans have "bitten the dust" recently as that nation staggers off like a drunk sailor. Departed stations include the 750 biggie that used to be screamer-loud here most nights. A few high profile Brazilians - 1220 most notably - are also gonzo (Mark Connelly, WA1ION. South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.) You are most correct on that, Mark. My SDR files date back now all the way back now to 2007, starting with the SDR-IQ, but rapidly changing to Perseus WAV files when this excellent receiver became available. 73, (Walter Salmaniw, BC, July 12, ibid.) I too used SDR-IQ 2007-2009 and Perseus (and later Elad) after that. My 10-12 year old captures have a lot of now long-gone stations on them. All PEI and many NS stations, Germans, French, 1314 Norway and quite a few others are among the "body count." Walter, if you can find a decent recording of Falkland Islands in all those South America files, please post audio since that's likely the only way we'll hear it (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, July 12, ibid.) I think you point out the exception rather than the rule. The situation in the rest if South America is mostly stable. And in Brazil, yes a few biggies are gone but the other 98% are still there at least for now. Argentina: mostly stable Uruguay: mostly stable Paraguay : mostly stable Ditto Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and I suppose Chile. (Chuck Hutton, July 12, ibid.) Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana gonzo .. that was an especially good propagation route to coastal MA (Mark, ibid.) I guess Guyana is still on 560 but I have too much trash from WGAN, WFIL, WQAM, WHYN, and Cuba to make much of a go at it. It was noted tentatively at Orleans, MA a few years back and maybe Barstow has had it more recently but otherwise not much in US logs (Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.) Guyana: still on the air and and shares dominance with Radio Educadora, Brazil. Surinam and French Guyana: I think they've been gone longer than the 5 years we are discussing (Chuck Hutton, July 12, ibid.) Isn't Guyana fairly far off-channel still? (Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY, ibid.) Jim - They were over 100 Hertz high for years but seemed to have returned to being on-frequency in 2018. I don't know what's going on with them in 2019 (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) Chuck, you can check here: http://boavista.twrmon.net:8073/?f=560.00amz14 Seems to be quite close to nominal (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) I guess we'll find out in November, Chuck (Jim Renfrew, ibid.) Now that is a surprise - a Kiwi in Roraima. Its antenna is not too bad although not great (Chuck Hutton, July 14, ibid.) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ TUNING KNOBLESS CAR RADIOS My new GMC Terrain radio has no tuning knob (a pox on their house). If you hit the left (downfreq) or right (upfreq) arrows it will jump to the nearest strong station. If you hit TUNE, a panel comes up where you can punch in a frequency. BUT, if you hit TUNE, then an arrow, it will step to the next frequency, regardless of strength. If you want to see any RDS display, you must exit the punch-in display by hitting the X in the upper right corner. A tuning knob would make this all so much simpler. I have informed GM thusly; also that I want a car with a key start (Harold Frodge, MARE Tipsheet 12 July via DXLD) --++==ooOoo==++-- ETON E1 RADIO RETURNS --- AS THE ETON ELITE SATELLIT The best portable (albeit a large portable) of recent years, the Eton E1, has been out of production for a few years; many have lamented its disappearance. But it's coming back - as the Eton Elite Satellit. Should be out later this fall. Now has HD radio circuitry instead of the XM circuitry it had. Universal Radio is selling it at a pre-release price of USD $349.95. That's about as inexpensive as the prior version ever reached. 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The upcoming Elite Satellit externally resembles the former and very highly-regarded E1, and as I am a big fan of the E1, I am eager to see the new one when it is available, but the other new models are available now, so I ordered the new Elite Executive to see how it compares with the earlier versions. . . https://radiojayallen.com/eton-elite-executive-am-fm-sw-air-radio/ (via Dennis Gibson, July 17 IRCA iog via DXLD) RADIO RECEIVER DE1108 http://www.tecsun-radios.com/product/degen-de1108-radio/ http://www.radioscanner.ru/forum/topic16000.html (Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) RADIO SURVIVOR We’re Matthew Lasar, Paul Riismandel, and Jennifer Waits, and this is our news blog about radio’s present, past, and uncertain future. Radio Survivor attempts to shed light on the ongoing importance of radio: from the airwaves (FM, AM, Short-wave, HD, satellite) to online. 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Some were sold at the Radio Attic, but most were contributed by friends of the Archives. https://radioatticarchives.com/ (via Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec, July Radio HF Internet Newsletter via DXLD) TABLE OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NAMES OF THE DOMESTIC MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [Russian] https://psv4.userapi.com/c848436/u60699042/docs/d11/7d85d7d613d8/Armejskaja_tablicha.rtf?extra=fgDKNu7qIM4GPC7jvM1CSfVBp4uacq9A7emm5hhJNLos1oZ_J7Zpg4Hl-X5REq-RD5jXV_3V1bAqJbcTHZBbJhtDKYhZrooKKXJ5tx44Cmr76rQpXFqlcR7jt57KRmti-Afqn_SdF2Ky2CpjqYTDEXYUHA https://vk.com/radioreceiver (via Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) RECEIVERS AND LANDSCAPES Amateur radio was created by Instagram [sic], where photos of their receivers will be placed against the background of various landscapes. A great combination of pleasant and useful! Do you have your photos of the radio? Send them to the channel! Username: priemnikipeizazh https://www.instagram.com/priemnikipeizazh?r=nametag https://vk.com/tvradio47 (via Rus-DX 14 July via DXLD) THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF ‘NUMBERS STATIONS’ AND WHY WE SHOULD CARE Commentary By Alan Cross July 14, 2019 10:00 am A close-up of a radio. Getty Images A A When I was a kid, I had a fascination with shortwave radio. I successfully begged my parents to give me a multi-band radio that could not only receive standard AM and FM, but the aviation band and a limited number of shortwave frequencies. I dove into the world of DXing, the practice trying to pull in distant radio signals. Late one winter night, I found my first “numbers station.” You know one when you hear one. Usually, the transmission begins with some kind of note or sequence of musical notes. Then a voice comes on, reading what appears to be a series of random numbers. The voice might be male, female or even a child. Some even included longer musical pieces... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9I6s6QKnfI&feature=youtu.be [more, with audio clips] https://globalnews.ca/news/5483678/numbers-stations-alan-cross/ (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See CHINA; KUWAIT; RUSSIA; TAIWAN ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See USA: 910, 950, 1270 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See NORWAY ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See OKLAHOMA; USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PROPAGATION +++++++++++ GEOMAGNETIC INDICES – Compiled by: Phil Bytheway Email: DXM.EiC@gmail.com Geomagnetic Summary June 1 2019 through June 30 2019 Tabulated from WWV on-line status daily (K @ 0000 UTC): ftp://ftp.swpc.noaa.gov/pub/forecasts/wwv/ Flux A K Space Wx 1 70 3 1 no storms 2 70 4 1 no storms 3 70 4 1 no storms 4 70 7 2 no storms 5 70 4 1 no storms 6 69 3 0 no storms 7 69 4 1 no storms 8 68 18 4 no storms 9 68 6 1 no storms 10 36 3 1 no storms 11 70 3 1 no storms 12 70 4 0 no storms 13 68 10 4 no storms 14 68 8 1 no storms 15 67 4 1 no storms 16 66 4 1 no storms 17 66 3 1 no storms 18 67 4 1 no storms 19 68 4 1 no storms 20 68 7 2 no storms 21 67 6 2 no storms 22 66 4 0 no storms 23 67 3 1 no storms 24 68 5 1 no storms 25 68 4 1 no storms 26 68 6 1 no storms 27 67 4 1 no storms 28 68 4 1 no storms 29 68 3 1 no storms 30 67 4 1 no storms Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level Rx – Radio Blackouts Level Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level (IRCA DX Monitor July 20 via DXLD) EARLY AFTERNOON E-SKIP TO [FROM] CUBA AND D.R. I got home at 1 pm [1700 UT] and noticed E-skip. At least 6 stations noted, but only the regulars often seen here. HIJB-2 Tele Antillas with the upper right TA logo always prominent. Most of the 2 hours CMJC-2 Cubavision was over HIJB with // Cubavision ID on hour. Most probably the ch 3 Cubavision station was CMKC-3 Holguín on top of another unidentified station. TeleRebelde was in poor to fair for the whole 2 hours on ch 4 with Atletismo Internacional, most likely CMK- Moa. Ch 5 broke through just for an instant or two. Ch 2 is still breaking through occasionally at 2:45 PM local [1845 UT] (Doug EM85 Allen, Inman, SC, July 12, WTFDA gg via DXLD) SOLAR WEATHER HAS REAL, MATERIAL EFFECTS ON EARTH phys.org July 12, 2019 On Sep. 1, 1859, solar astronomer Richard Carrington witnessed sunspots that suddenly and briefly flashed brightly before they disappeared. Just before dawn the next day, auroras erupted over most of the Earth, reaching as far south as the Caribbean and Hawaii while southern lights were seen as far north as Chile. The event produced not only a visible light show in areas where they do not typically appear, but it also sent telegraph systems around the world haywire. Given the state of technology during Carrington's time, the impact of a geomagnetic storm was limited to disruptions of telegraph service. If something similar happened today, the world's technological infrastructure could grind to a halt. Extreme space weather events such as geomagnetic storms are more disruptive now than in the past. This is because of our greater dependence on technical systems that can be affected by electric currents and energetic particles high in the Earth's atmosphere. Full article here: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-solar-weather-real-material-effects.html (via Mike Terry, July 14, WOR iog via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2019 Jul 15 0223 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 08 - 14 July 2019 Solar activity was at very low levels throughout the reporting period. Region 2744 (S27, Lo=209, class/area=Bxo/020 on 07 Jul) decayed to played by 08 Jul. A coronal dimming was observed in SDO/AIA 193 beginning around 14/0030 UTC from near the vicinity of old Region 2744 (S27W46). A subsequent CME signature associated with the event was observed in SOHO/LASCO C2 imagery beginning at 14//0236 UTC. The slow-moving, narrow and faint signature from the SW limb was modeled and the resulting WSA-Enlil output suggested no Earth-directed component was present. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal background levels on 08-09 Jul. An increase to moderate to high levels, in response to activity from a negative polarity CH HSS, was observed on 10 Jul and persisted through 14 Jul. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels. An abrupt enhancement from a possible transient was observed at 08/1829 UTC. Total field increase from 4 to 10 nT and solar wind speeds increased from 300 km/s to a brief peak of 400 km/s resulting in an isolated period of active conditions. Late on 09 Jul, the onset of a positive polarity CH HSS increased wind speeds to a peak of 663 km/s and total field to 13 nT. G1 storm conditions followed a period of sustained southward Bz with values reaching as far south as -11 nT at 09/1845 UTC. A final period of G1 storm conditions was observed early on 10 Jul as influence from the CH HSS persisted. Quiet to unsettled levels on 11 Jul transitioned to quiet through the end of the reporting period as the solar wind returned to nominal levels. Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 15 July - 10 August 2019 Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels over the outlook period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to range from normal background to high levels. High levels are expected from 15-18 Jul and 06-10 Aug; moderate levels are expected on 19-21 Jul; the remainder of the outlook period is expected to be at normal background levels. All enhancements in electron flux are expected due to the anticipation of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to range from quiet to active levels. Active levels are expected on 15-16 Jul and 05-06 Aug; unsettled levels are expected on 17 Jul, 28 Jul, 04 Aug and 07 Aug; the remainder of the outlook period is expected to be at quiet levels. All increases in geomagnetic activity are due to the anticipation of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2019 Jul 15 0223 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2019-07-15 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2019 Jul 15 67 10 4 2019 Jul 16 67 12 4 2019 Jul 17 67 8 3 2019 Jul 18 67 5 2 2019 Jul 19 67 5 2 2019 Jul 20 67 5 2 2019 Jul 21 67 5 2 2019 Jul 22 67 5 2 2019 Jul 23 67 5 2 2019 Jul 24 67 5 2 2019 Jul 25 67 5 2 2019 Jul 26 67 5 2 2019 Jul 27 67 5 2 2019 Jul 28 67 8 3 2019 Jul 29 67 5 2 2019 Jul 30 67 5 2 2019 Jul 31 67 5 2 2019 Aug 01 67 5 2 2019 Aug 02 67 5 2 2019 Aug 03 67 5 2 2019 Aug 04 67 8 3 2019 Aug 05 67 15 4 2019 Aug 06 67 15 4 2019 Aug 07 67 8 3 2019 Aug 08 67 5 2 2019 Aug 09 67 5 2 2019 Aug 10 67 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1991, DXLD) ###